by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2015
Rolling Stone will be sued over UVA Rape Story
Rolling Stone will be sued by Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity falsely accused of gang rape in the now-retracted report...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2015
Was GermanWings Crash Cartoon Insensitive? Readers Complain, Paper Defends
The Globe and Mail defended an editorial cartoon on the March 24 Germanwings plane crash in the Alps. The cartoon...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2015
After scandals, 4 Public Editors hired by Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s 2nd largest newspaper
Japan's Asahi Shimbun will name Shiro Nakamura as its first ever in-house public editor next month, the newspaper told iMediaEthics....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2015
Stuff news deeply regrets ‘any suggestion’ NZ Businessman was unethical, Hits delete
Did a New Zealand-born former billionaire act unethically in Kenya? A New Zealand news site, Stuff.co.nz, originally published this claim...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2015
Did Buzzfeed fake Nola reporter’s quotes about transgender murder victim?
The Times-Picayune was criticized last month for calling murdered transgender woman, Penny Proud, a man in a story on the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2015
Sky News Source Brenda Leyland kills self, Network offered ‘Condolences’ to family
Sky News offered "condolences" because one of the people it reported on died by suicide, the Guardian reported. Brenda Leyland,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2015
Daily Mississippian Regrets Publishing Cartoon, Normalized Violence against Women
"In hindsight we would not have published" a cartoon readers found offensive, Daily Mississippian's editor-in-chief Lacey Russell told media blogger...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2015
3rd Reporter Convicted, Bribed UK Soldier for News of the World
Former News of the World royal reporter Ryan Sabey aided and abetted misconduct in public office because he paid a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2015
Daily Caller Blogger Quit, No Anti-Fox News Stories allowed
Daily Caller blogger Mickey Kaus quit after four years with the site, accusing the conservative site of unpublishing his article...