by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
Fake News Website Posing as the BBC Taken Down
A hoax website imitating the BBC has published fake stories including one that alleges former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
New ‘Editorial Principles’ at Brazilian Media Company
Brazilian media company Grupo Globo has published new "editorial principles," according to the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2011
Jerusalem Post Apologizes to Norway for Editorial on Oslo Attacks
The Jerusalem Post apologized to Norway for a July 24 editorial (see here) following the attacks in Oslo. The Post's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2011
Closing NOTW was ‘Unnecessary’ Says Guardian Journalist Nick Davies
Ad Week published an interview with Guardian journalist Nick Davies, who has "been at the forefront of the investigation into...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2011
No More Undercover Reporting at the UK Times?
The Sunday Times will no longer permit undercover reporting, the Guardian reported. The Times, which is owned by News Corp.'s...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2011
New Zealand TV news accused of staging
New Zealand TV news Close Up has been accused of staging a segment, the New Zealand Herald reported. Close Up, however,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2011
Did the Guardian hack phones too?
The Guardian has led the coverage and broken many of the stories in the News of the World phone hacking...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2011
WSJ Criticized for ‘Thinly Sourced’ Report that Daily Mirror Bribed
Columbia Journalism Review criticized a News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal report alleging a non-News Corp-owned UK newspaper reporter admitted paying the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2011
Chinese Media Censored, Ordered to Retract Stories on Train Crash
China's Communist Party publicity department set up a "virtual news blackout" on a July 23 train crash, the New York Times...