by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2013
Sorry for Calling you a Prostitute, London’s Evening Standard Apologizes
The London Evening Standard apologized this week for wrongly saying a woman named Rachel Garley was a prostitute. The Standard's...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 26, 2013
‘All-Asian Mall’ Report Offensive, Australia’s Channel 9 Used ‘Asian’ Term 27 Times’
Australia's Channel Nine apologized recently for a Nov. 7, 2012 report titled "All-Asian Mall." Australian broadcast regulator ACMA called for...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2013
‘Covering Horror,’ NSA reporting at Media Ethics Conference, U of Central Oklahoma
The University of Central Oklahoma is hosting what appears to be a comprehensive conference on various issues related to media...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2013
Bloomberg New Standards Editor ‘Inside News’; Ombudsman, ‘Outside News’
Bloomberg L.P. has appointed its first standards editor and its first ombudsman. The company named former New York Times public...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2013
EVENT: Media Ethics on Immigration, ‘Changing Media’ at ASU’s Cronkite School
Three New York Times public editors -- past public editors Clark Hoyt and Barney Calame and current public editor Margaret...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 16, 2013
Will UK Fact Finder work like a Journalism Genie for fact checking?
Will a new online guide serve as a digital fact check genie? "Full Fact Finder," by UK not-for-profit fact checking...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2013
Syria Op-Ed Writer Elizabeth O’Bagy Fired, Not a PhD, WSJ Fact Checking her OpEd
The Wall Street Journal told Politico that it didn't know op-ed writer Elizabeth O'Bagy had an "affiliation with the Syrian...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2013
Bloomberg to Get Ombudsman to Handle Complaints, Standards Editor for Accuracy
Bloomberg LP, which is the parent company for media outlets including Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, said last month that...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2013
NYTimes Attacked by Syrian Electronic Army, ‘A Big Deal,’ Times CIO Says
The New York Times' website was attacked, reportedly by the Syrian Electronic Army, on August 27. The Times, if the attack...