X

Latest News

EVENT: Belhaven University Holding PR, News and Broadcast Media Ethics Panel

Belhaven University's Communications Department is hosting a March 29 media ethics panel, according to a press release on its website.…

Sydney Smith

NYPost Errs in Photo Caption on NYPD Surveillance, Picture Shows NYPD Supporters, but Caption Says Protestors

The New York Post erred in its photo caption for a picture accompanying a March 25 article by Phil Mushnick,…

Sydney Smith

Is It Permissible for Reporters to Tell Half-Truths? The Case of CNN’s Anderson Cooper

Selecting which facts to present in news stories is mostly a matter of judgment. Some alleged news organizations intentionally present…

Sydney Smith

Argentine Newspaper Clarin Ordered to Run ‘Rectification’ of Sexist Headline

Argentine newspaper Clarin must "publish a rectification" online and in print of a 2009 story headline that a court determined…

admin

EVENT: Canadian Journalists on Ethics, Regulation

Journalists discussed undercover reporting, the UK phone hacking scandal, media reguation, social media and more at a Toronto Star-sponsored March…

Sydney Smith

Fake Photo Shows Fox News Wrongly Naming French Prez, Misspelling Toulouse, Etc

According to Media Bistro's TV Newser, Fox News didn't make "a rather awful series of graphic mistakes...when reporting a story…

admin

Gannett-Owned Newspaper: Some Staff Signed Petition for Scott Walker Recall

Twenty-five Gannett Wisconsin Media employees signed a political petition asking for Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker to be recalled from office,…

admin

Bangladesh University to Complain to Press Council over Stories it Says are Fabricated

A spokesperson for North South University in Bangladesh denied news articles written about it and said the university plans to contact the…

admin

Israel’s Media Watch Praises New Ombudsman David Regev

The Jerusalem Post praised Israel's new ombudsman David Regev in a March 14 opinion column by Israel's Media Watch vice…

Sydney Smith

WaPo Humor Columnist Apologizes for Error after Rush Limbaugh calls Out, Public Editor Calls Limbaugh’s Criticism ‘Rude’

Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri apologized to Rush Limbaugh for her March 7 column about advertisers on Limbaugh's shows,…

Sydney Smith