News Corp cuts Phone Hacking Joke from Emmys
News Corp. cut a phone-hacking scandal joke from a segment scheduled for Sept. 18's Emmy awards, Entertainment Weekly reported. The…
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Toronto Star Public Ed Questions if it’s OK for Sports Writers to Choose Baseball’s MVP
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English argued against sports journalists voting for Most Valuable Player in a recent column. As…
Accuracy Tips from Craig Silverman
Columbia Journalism Review's Craig Silverman collected "eight simple rules for doing accurate journalism" in a recent column. Silverman's first tip…
Mediaite Criticizes Journalists who Let Bachmann HPV Vaccine Error Go Unchecked
Michele Bachmann's inaccurate statement that "the HPV vaccine is 'dangerous'" has been called out by "fact-check segments," but at least…
San Antonio Express-News Public Editor: Don’t Read into Political Stories
The San Antonio Express-News' public editor Bob Richter wrote earlier this month that journalists "must stay out of politics." In…
Canadian Judge Says Libel Rules Different Online versus Newspaper?
Is libel law different online than in print? Or, was a recent Canadian libel suit dismissed just because the comments…
Quebec Journalists’ Group: Why ‘Professional Status’ for Journalists is OK
As StinkyJournalism wrote earlier this month, Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre suggested the idea of licensing journalists. We wrote to…
NYT Adds 3 Corrections to Darrell Issa Story, Issa still calling for Retraction
As StinkyJournalism previously wrote, California congressman Darrell Issa criticized the New York Times' mid-August report on him. Issa's office challenged the Times on…
LAT Readers Complain over Kardashian Advertisement on Front Page
Los Angeles Times readers have again complained about the newspaper's "wraparound" advertisements, LATimes readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote Sept. 15. …
UK Police Want the Guardian’s Anonymous Sources
The Guardian's David Leigh reported that the UK Police are trying to find out who the Guardian's sources for its…