by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2011
Times of South Africa Tweets Fake News, Deletes Tweet, Apologizes
South African newspaper The Times apologized for "tweeting an inaccurate report that former President Nelson Mandela had been hospitalised," the...
International Media Ethics News
by Malik Ayub Sumbal on Dec 28, 2011
Mrs. Bhutto’s Murder Anniversary Part 3: VIDEO Interview with Icon from Benazir Bhutto Assassination
FOUR YEARS AGO, MRS. BENAZIR BHUTTO WAS MURDERED. Who was the Man in the Brown Jacket? Newspapers around the world...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2011
Russian Magazine Editor Fired after publishing Photo, Profane Message to Putin
Russian magazine editor Maxim Kovalsky was fired eariler this month because the magazine, Kommersant Vlast, "published a picture of a...
by Malik Ayub Sumbal , Rhonda Roland Shearer on Dec 27, 2011
Mrs. Bhutto’s Murder Anniversary Part 1: Troubling Double Standard, American photojournalism’s different treatment of foreign victims
Editor's Note: FOUR YEARS AGO, MRS. BENAZIR BHUTTO WAS MURDERED. Who was the Man in the Brown Jacket? Newspapers around...
by Malik Ayub Sumbal on Dec 27, 2011
Mrs. Bhutto’s Murder Anniversary Part 2: Exclusive Interview with Icon from Benazir Bhutto Murder
Editor's Note : FOUR YEARS AGO, MRS. BENAZIR BHUTTO WAS MURDERED. Who was the Brown Jacket Man? Newspapers around the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 25, 2011
New Internet Ethics Code for Indonesian Journalists?
Indonesia's press council finished a new online ethics policy, the Jakarta Globe reported. According to the Jakarta Globe, the council's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2011
Two Investigations into RTE Libel Case Complete, Results Kept Private until 3rd Investigation
In a Dec. 15 RTE board meeting, both Irish press ombudsman John Horgan and RTE director general Noel Curran presented...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 20, 2011
The Sun’s Managing Editor Wants 26 More Corrections on Guardian’s Phone Hacking Stories
The Sun's managing editor Richard Caseby asked the Guardian to correct 26 of its reports claiming "the News of the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2011
RTE on Dec. 7 ‘Correction’ after Broadcasting Authority Ruling on ‘Rape Tape’
We wrote earlier this month about the Irish Broadcasting Authority's ruling that Irish public broadcaster RTE was both misleading and...