Libel Suit over Amazon Review
A self-publisher, Chris McGrath filed a libel lawsuit against Richard Dawkins, Vaughn Jones and Amazon over Jones' negative review of…
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South African Journalist on Anonymous Sources
The Times of South Africa's Joe Latakgomo weighed in on anonymous sources and whether they "tip-off versus rip-off" in a…
James Murdoch Testifies to Parliament, Denies Blame for News Int’l Hacking
News Corp's James Murdoch appeared Nov. 10 before Parliament for a second questioning about accusations against News Corp's now-closed News…
Utah Mayor Mike Winder Admits Using Fake Name to Write Positive Articles about his City
Utah's West Valley City mayor Mike Winder disclosed that he has been using a pseudonym - Richard Burwash - to…
Times of London Appealing Libel Ruling, Argues Story ‘Protected by Qualified Privilege’
UK News Corp-owned The Times of London is appealing a 2006 libel case to the UK Supreme Court, Journalism.co.uk reported.…
Poynter: Romenesko Blog has “Incomplete Attribution,” Romenesko Resigns
COMMENTARYThe Poynter Institute announced Nov. 10 that the originality of and attribution in aggregator/blogger Jim Romenesko's posts has been called…
News of the World Accused of Spying on Hacking Victims’ Lawyers
In the past year, the now-closed News of the World newspaper has been accused of bribing police officers and hacking…
NYT Corrects Maureen Dowd Column on Penn State Scandal
The New York Times mis-identified the University of Pennsylvania as the school currently in the news for accusations of rape…
Max Mosley Wins Invasion of Privacy Case Against News of the World for 2008 ‘Orgy’ Video
News of the World must pay Max Mosley 7,000 euros (or about $10,000) for invading his privacy by publishing pictures…
Times of India Distasteful in Headline for Texas Judge William Adams Beating Story
As StinkyJournalism has previously written, the daughter of Texas family law judge William Adams published on YouTube a video of her…