by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2011
One Super-Sized Correction on Gay Rights Activist Nikolai Alekseyev
The New York Times issued a lengthy correction to its June 17 profile on Russian gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alekseyev....
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2011
Kentucky High School Principal Confiscates Newspaper
The principal of a Kentucky high school "spiked" one of the school newspaper's issues and "confiscated 600 copies" of the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2011
City Paper Responds to Dan Snyder Lawsuit
The Washington City Paper has responded publicly to Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder's lawsuit against the newspaper for its "Cranky...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2011
NY Court: Website Publishers Not Responsible for Defamatory Comments
A New York court ruled that website publishers are protected from defamation lawsuits if they "add material to defamatory posts...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 21, 2011
Why did Washington Times unpublish blog post attack of Weiner Wife Huma Abedin?
The Washington Times removed a June 12 column by conservative blogger Eliana Benador, in which Benador alleged that Rep. Anthony Weiner...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Judge Rules: Righthaven Doesn’t Have Right to Sue Bloggers,
U.S. judge Roger Hunt issued a ruling last week that copyright enforcement company Righthaven "never had the right to sue...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Associated Press: Libya in “Civil War”
The Huffington Post's Michael Calderone reported that the Associated Press has now decided to refer to the "situation in Libya"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Two Journalisms?
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade highlighted a recent article by Brian Cathcart for Index on Censorship, in which Cathcart identifies "the existence...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2011
Whoa! New York Post Confuses Mule and Horse
The New York Post misidentified a mule as a horse in a June 10 photo caption. The photo is credited...