ESPN’s Lee Corso Apologizes for Saying Expletive on GameDay Program
Yahoo News criticized ESPN's Lee Corso for using the f-word during an on-air Game Day segment. Corso later apologized, according…
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‘Stigma’ in Reporting on “The Mentally Ill”
The Guardian published an article by Harold A. Maio questioning why the media refers to "'the' mentally ill," which Maio…
Nigerian Journalist Accused of Libel
Nigerian journalist and National Accord editor Olajide Fashikun has been arrested and accused of libel over his reports about the…
Hartford Courant Apologizes for Plagiarism and Aggregation in Journal Inquirer Lawsuit case
As StinkyJournalism has written, two Connecticut newspapers have been in court for two years over aggregation and plagiarism charges. The…
Did Pakistan’s The Daily Express Break Off-the-Record Agreement?
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN --To violate off-the-record agreements for information and sources is an ethical violation according to the principles and values…
Toronto Star Explains Naming Elderly Rape Victim in Nursing Home Abuse Reports
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English explained and defended the newspaper's decision to name "a 71-year-old woman with advanced dementia,"…
L’Affaire Romenesko: A Legal Perspective on Plagiarism and Copyright
Commentary When I was in law school, a professor told an apocryphal story about a judge who bragged that he…
Leveson Inquiry: News International Apologizes for Phone Hacking
During last week's hearings from the Leveson Inquiry (see our report on the first day of the Leveson hearing here),…
AP Reports, Retracts Quotes from Fake Christopher Walken
The Associated Press reported that it had corrected its Nov. 18 story that reported quotes attributed to Christopher Walken. Walken's…
Julian Assange Appeals to UK Supreme Court over Extradition to Sweden
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is appealing the Nov. 2 ruling that he must be extradited to Sweden to face questions in…