by Sydney Smith on Jun 09, 2016
No ‘Pay for Play’ at NPR for Iran Nuclear Deal Coverage, Ombuds Says
A group in favor of the Iran nuclear deal, The Ploughshares Fund, gave $100,000 to NPR "to help it report...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 06, 2016
Czech TV News Told Staff to Negatively Cover Refugees, Leaked Audio & Anonymous Sources Tell Czech News Site
Czech TV news station Prima TV told its journalists last September to only cover the refugee crisis negatively, Czech's Radio...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2016
Pakistani Newspaper Alters Readers Comments to make Censorship Point
Pakistan's Daily Times, an English-language newspaper, changed online commenters' posts to make a point on press freedom, Ad Week reported....
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2016
Guardian Unpublishes 13 Articles by Joseph Mayton for Fabrication
The Guardian unpublished 13 articles by freelance writer Joseph Mayton after finding fabrication -- 12 news stories and one opinion...
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2016
Australian Media Watchdog Criticizes ABC’s Chinese Site, Asks if it’s ‘Bowing to Censorship’
Is Australia Broadcasting Corp's Chinese site "bowing to censorship?" Australia's media watchdog program said it thinks it is, reporting that it found...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2016
UK Mail’s Prince Harry, Pippa Middleton ‘Secret Romance’ Story OK, Regulator Finds
The UK Star was wrong to report on claims that Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton were in a "secret romance,"...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2016
Do UK Journalists Think it’s OK to Pay Sources, Go Undercover, Break Ethics Codes? New UK Study
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released a study of "700 of the UK's almost 64,000 professional journalists."...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2016
No, Pippa Middleton & Prince Harry Aren’t in a ‘Secret Romance,’ Daily Star Unpublishes
Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton, the sister of Prince William's wife Kate Middleton, are not having a "secret romance," despite...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2016
Supreme Court Decision on PJS Celebrity Injunction: ‘No Public Interest’ in ‘Kiss and Tell Stories’
After weeks of waiting, the UK Supreme Court has ruled on whether to lift the celebrity injunction about PJS and...