by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2012
The Hollywood Reporter Still has Fake NYT Public Editor Quote Published
The Hollywood Reporter wrongly attributed comments from a parody Twitter account to The New York Times public editor. We wrote...
Media Business Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2012
Glenn Mulcaire Ordered to Give Info on News of the World Phone Hacking
The UK Supreme Court has ordered Glenn Mulcaire, the former News of the World private investigator who hacked phones for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
RTE Pays Reporter for Resigning after Father Kevin Reynolds Libel
Irish public broadcaster RTE paid its former reporter Aoife Kavanagh "in the region of €25,000" for resigning after a segment...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
PCC: UK Sun’s Undercover Reporting at Dale Farm in the Public Interest
The UK Press Complaints Commission rejected a complaint over The Sun's 2011 undercover reporting, according to an adjudication on the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
Michigan Superintendent who Plagiarized from Blogger Resigns
A Michigan school superintendent resigned a little more than a month after he apologized for plagiarism. As we wrote in...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
NYPost Reports, Unpublishes Quote from Parody NYT Public Editor Account, Later Calls it ‘Errant Tweet’
The New York Post's Page Six quoted from a parody Twitter account posing as New York Times public editor Arthur...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2012
BBC Trust ‘Surprised’ No Apology on Same Day as Inappropriate Costa Concordia Comments
The BBC Trust issued a mixed ruling on complaints against a BBC Radio 2 program's January coverage of the Costa...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2012
Calls for Media Independence at International Press Institute assembly
Trinidad and Tobago's president, George Maxwell Richards, called for the media to be independent, the Liberian Observer reported. Richards also...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2012
Times of London Sued for Libel
Related, The Times of London removed claims about a "former medical doctor" for a UK soccer team from an article....