by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2012
Irish Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday Apologize for Wrong ‘Drug Dealer’ Label
The Irish Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday settled a libel lawsuit by apologizing to a man they wrongly called...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2012
Rupert Murdoch on News of the World’s Max Mosley Story: ‘Unacceptable’ & ‘Inappropriate’ Behavior by Reporter
News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch admitted in a statement to the Leveson Inquiry that one of his reporters at News of...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2012
NPR Reviewing Intern’s Work after Plagiarism; NPR: ‘Intern Made a Mistake’
National Public Radio unpublished and replaced an article that partially plagiarized with an editor's note, Poynter's Steve Myers reported. NPR's...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2012
Milwaukee’s WTMJ Sued, Accused of ‘Ambush Journalism’
Milwaukee news radio WTMJ is being sued for an interview the news subject claimed was "ambush journalism," Media Bistro's TV...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2012
National Council for Training of Journalists Creating Media Ethics Courses
The UK National Council for the Training of Journalists plans to help teach journalists on ethics, the Guardian's Roy Greenslade...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2012
Journalist Accused of Libeling Belarus Prez, Convicted of Libeling Him Last Year
A journalist was arrested and charged for libeling Belarus's president for the second time in the past year, The New...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2012
New Zambia Media Council to Handle Media Complaints
Zambia got its first Media Council July 6, the Zambia Daily Mail reported. The council will "conciliate, mediate and arbitrate"...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2012
Propaganda, Fact-Checking, Sourcing Discussed at Catholic Church Media Ethics Breakfast
The Times of Malta reported that the Catholic Church held a "business breakfast themed Media Ethics," in late June. At...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2012
Tel Aviv Journalists Association Quits Israeli Press Council, Says Council’s Elections ‘Unethical’
The Tel Aviv Journalists Association quit the Israeli Press Council over the council's presidential election, which the association called "unethical,"...