by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2018
WSJ sues Contessa Bourbon for posing as WSJ Reporter
The Wall Street Journal is now suing a New York woman named Contessa Bourbon for posing as a a staff...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2018
New York Review of Books Editor Out after Jian Ghomeshi article
New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma is out at the magazine, the New York Times reported. However, "it...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2018
Former mayor complains after news outlet says she was dead
A local UK news outlet, HemelToday.co.uk, claimed that Gillian Chapman, the former mayor of the Borough of Dacorum, had died...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2018
Australian Broadcaster Claimed Family Responsible for Deaths in Floods
Australian broadcaster Alan Jones and two Macquarie Media-owned radio stations, 2GB and 4BC, must pay nearly Australian $4 million (almost...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2018
OK to Quote from Reader E-mail, Not Invasion, Media Council Says
It was OK to publish quotes from an e-mail from a reader to a journalist since the writer didn't indicate...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2018
NPR Interview with Jason Kessler ‘Painful to hear,’ Ombuds says
NPR upset many listeners when it aired an interview with Jason Kessler, who organized the white nationalist "Unite the Right...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2018
Radio New Zealand wrongly said paraphrase was quote
Radio New Zealand, the New Zealand public broadcaster, wrongly attributed quotes to psychologist Michelle Levy, the broadcaster itself admitted. Levy...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2018
Steve Wynn’s lawsuit against AP dismissed
Casino magnate Steve Wynn's libel lawsuit against the Associated Press for reporting on sexual misconduct allegations against him has been...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2018
WashPost, CBS, NBC add editor’s note on Lanny Davis stories
Lanny Davis, the attorney for Pres. Donald Trump's former "fixer" Michael Cohen, told BuzzFeed he was an anonymous source for...