Gawker’s Seth Abramovitch Fired for Post with Racial Slur
Gawker's Seth Abramovitch was fired Jan. 5 after his blogpost about rapper Kanye West's tweets, the New York Observer reported.…
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Bahrain Journalists Association Creates Draft Ethics Code
The Bahrain Journalists Association is working on finalizing a draft code of ethics, Gulf News reported Jan. 4. The Bahrain…
Ad Age Denies Making Rihanna Poll, HuffPost Unpublishes Story
Ad Age claims the Daily Mail's Dec. 28 report about an Ad Age poll is wrong because Ad Age never…
ESPN Unpublishes Blog Post with Fake Quotes from Oregon Ducks Coach
ESPN's Eamonn Brennan reported Dec. 19 that he had cited quotes that turned out to be fake. Brennan also unpublished…
Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes
Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one…
Indian Prime Minister Recommends News Objectivity, Calls for Less Sensationalism
India's prime minister called on the country's journalists to avoid sensationalism in reporting and promote "objectivity and encouragement," Indian news…
Copy Editing Checklist
Pam Nelson at the American Copy Editors Society published a list of "10 tips for copy editors" Jan. 2. Nelson,…
Leveson Inquiry Months 1-3 Costs $1.3 Million
The UK Leveson Inquiry is reviewing the "culture, practice and ethics of the press," as we have written. The inquiry's…
HuffPost CEO Tim Armstrong Donated to Romney Campaign, HuffPost says he has ‘No Editorial Role’
POLITICO suggested Jan. 1 that the Huffington Post got an "exclusive interview" with Mitt Romney because the CEO for Huffington…
Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., joined Twitter earlier this week, the Associated Press confirmed. The AP reported that News…