Zambian Prez Sues Newspaper, Radio Station for Defamation
Zambia's president, Michael Sata, has called for a retraction of a May 16 Daily Nation story he called defamatory, Zambian…
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UK News Outlets Correct, Apologize, Pay for Wrong Al Qaeda Claims
Several UK news outlets apologized and corrected stories about an Algerian man named Farid Boukemiche, Tabloid Watch reported.
Globe & Mail, Maclean’s, National Post Say they Won’t Pay for Celeb Interviews at Cannes Film Festival
Canadian journalists who wanted to interview celebrities like Brad Pitt, Kristen Stewart and Nicole Kidman at the Cannes Film Festival…
Update on Police Subpoenas of Seattle Media Outlets for Unaired Protest Footage
As we wrote May 8, the Seattle police subpoenaed Seattle TV news KIRO-7 and five other news outlets (KOMO-4, KING-5…
More Libel Claims against RTE for Mission to Prey Program
Kenyan bishop Philip Sulumeti is suing Irish public broadcaster RTE for its claims in the 2011 Prime Time Investigates "Mission…
Australia’s The Age Defends 2010 Report on Political Database of Personal Info
The Age's editor-in-chief, Paul Ramadge, defended the newspaper's access of the "ALP electoral database in the lead-up to the 2010…
National Review Corrects, Apologizes, Unpublishes Incorrect Plagiarism Story
National Review apologized, corrected and unpublished a story accusing Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism, the Huffington Post reported. …
CBS/NYTimes Poll Skews the Presidential Vote Question
Asking respondents who they will vote for in the presidential election several months away is a bit problematic. A lot…
New Press Council in Burma to replace Censorship Board?
Myanmar will get a press council next month, Burmese "independent news media group" Irrawaddy reported. According to Burmese...
ESPN Publishes Full Laurie Fine-Bobby Davis Tape after Fine’s Lawsuit Annoucement
As we wrote May 17, Laurie Fine said she will sue ESPN for its coverage of sexual allegations against her…