Duluth TV News Director Resigns over Facebook Post
Duluth Fox-affiliate Fox 21 KQDS's news director Jason Vincent apologized and resigned after one of his Facebook posts circulated, the…
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Tennessee Newspaper Subpoenaed for Anonymous Commenters’ Identities
The Shelby County Commission is subpoenaing The Commercial Appeal for "the identities of anonymous commenters on its website," the newspaper…
$3 Million Libel Verdict ‘Struck Down,’ Judge says No ‘Actual Malice’ in Newspaper the Virginian-Pilot’s Story
As we wrote earlier, daily Virginia newspaper the Virginian-Pilot was found guilty of libel and ordered to pay $3 million…
ESPN Defends Bernie Fine Reporting as ‘Accurate Coverage of Legal Document’
ESPN wants "a judge to dismiss a part of Laurie Fine’s libel lawsuit" against the network because the network said…
Complaints about Egyptian Media Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood
Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud claimed "state-owned media" reported "false news" about his client, the Muslim Brotherhood, Ahram reported. In question is a…
Myanmar Media Outlets Censored, Publications Suspended this Summer
Even though the Myanmar government announced last year it was ending prior censorship at 178 of its 358 media outlets…
TIME Corrects Story to add Attribution after Complaint
TIME magazine corrected a July 28 article after apparently lifting a quote and sentence from the New York Post's story…
The Sun Corrects Animals, STDs & Boy Band One Direction Story after PCC Complaint
What brings a pop band, animals, and sexually-transmitted diseases together? A recent correction from the UK Sun. The News Corp-owned…
Canadian Mayor Claims Website Ran Libel and Errors, Doesn’t Take Press Council Up on Offer to Mediate
After being criticized by the local mayor, The Rossland Telegraph wrote that it follows the British Columbia's Press Council's Code…
Reuters Blog Unpublishes Fake Stories about Syria Posted by Hackers
Fake stories were posted to Reuters' blogs August 3 after the "blogging platform" was hacked, the Wall Street Journal reported.…