by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2011
Top Ten Fake News Stories from China
Shanghai Daily reported a list of ten top fake news stories out of Chinese media in 2010. According to the Shanghai...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Rudolph Elmer, Swiss Banker’s WikiLeaks Threat? 2,000 Off-Shore Account Doc Leaked Today
Rudolph Elmer reportedly is turning over "The offshore bank account details of 2,000 'high net worth individuals' and corporations –...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011
Another WikiLeaks Hacktivist Jacob Appelbaum Questioned, NYT Corrects Error About $15K WikiLeaks Gift to Manning’s Defense Fund
WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum was again "questioned and searched" this week, ABC News reported. Appelbaum also recently tweeted some criticism...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists on Vietnamese Decree
The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke out Jan. 13 against a new Vietnamese "executive decree" that goes into effect Feb....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2011
Tunisia Journalists Protest After Censorship of Demonstrations
Tunisian journalists went on strike starting Jan. 11, after the government allegedly tried to "censor media coverage of month-long riots over...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
Guardian to Publish Book on “Real Story” of Working with WikiLeaks
The Guardian has written a book about its "partnership" with WikiLeaks, Journalism.co.uk reported. The book, "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's war...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
What Happened to the Touted Launch of OpenLeaks, the WikiLeaks Spin-off ?
In early December, Domscheit-Berg said his leaking website, OpenLeaks, would be opened in a week. See our Dec. 11 report...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
PCC Investigating Telegraph’s Undercover Reporting on Liberal Democrats
The UK press complaints commission began Jan. 13 its investigation into the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporting last month, the Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2011
Inside Romanian Media Ethics
The Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) blogged Jan. 5 about media ethics in Romania. According to CIME, "the only...