by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2010
BBC Criticized for Portraying Irish Stereotypes in Debt Crisis Reporting
A BBC nightly news program has been criticized for portraying Ireland stereotypically, the Journal reported. Viewers took to Facebook and...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
US Govt Warns About Checkbook Journalism… In Liberia, USAID Gives Liberia $11 Million to Train Journalists
Last month, the U.S. State Department paid for Liberian journalists to be trained by an American journalist, apparently a "regular...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
The Sun Criticized for Waterboarding Video, Call for Censorship
A politiican criticized British newspaper The Sun for its video on waterboarding, the Guardian reported Nov. 12. The poltiican, Labour MP...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
Iran Charges 2 German Reporters As Spies
The New York Times reported Nov. 17 that the government of Iran has changed its charges against two German newspaper reporters....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Sweden Seeks Arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange by Interpol
Swedish authorities are seeking an international arrest warrant for Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As Assange's whereabouts are reportedly unknown, does this mean there will...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 17, 2010
Slovakian Journalist Group Updates Code of Ethics
A Slovakian journalists group approved a new code of ethics for the country's journalists and a new chairman, the Slovak...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
Russian Journalists Under Attack
In the past week, three Russian reporters were attacked and another - who was severely attacked in 2008 - lost...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Journalists Petition Supporting WikiLeaks
Editorsweblog reported Nov. 8 that the "The Global Investigative Journalism Network" has launched a petition to allow journalists to publicly...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 11, 2010
Tucker Carlson Hoaxed Philadelphia Daily News in Fake Keith Olbermann Interview
The Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson hoaxed Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky by sending him e-mails posing as Keith Olbermann....