by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Righthaven Sues Web Forum Users
Copyright protection firm Righthaven has expanded its lawsuits to include individual Web commenters, the Las Vegas Sun reported. StinkyJournalism has...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Los Angeles Times Reporter Steve Lopez Defends his Almost Interview
Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez defended himself against critics of his "attempt to interview" a former city politician in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
SPJ Exec Committee Recommends Ending Helen Thomas Award
The Society of Professional Journalists' executive committee recommended that the SPJ "retire" its Helen Thomas award. The SPJ explained in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
Righthaven founder speaks about copyright lawsuit campaign
Fortune published an interview with Righthaven's founder. iMediaEthics has been reporting the copyright infringement lawsuits by Righthaven on behalf of newspapers...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
Why no PBS News on Weekend?
PBS's ombudsman Michael Getler used his Jan. 13 column to question why PBS doesn't run news on the weekends. Getler...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2011
10,000 Sign Petition for Glenn Beck Off Fox News?
The Guardian reported that the Jewish Funds for Justice "delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures" in a Jan. 13 protest...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2011
US Government Subpoenas WikiLeaks’ Twitter Account Info
The U.S. government has subpoenaed Twitter for information about WikiLeaks' and several individuals' accounts, including those people in contact with...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2011
NPR Review of Juan Williams Firing Completed, Ellen Weiss, VP, Resigns
National Public Radio released a statement about the results of its investigation into the October firing of analyst Juan Williams,...