Do Promises Die when Sources Promised Die? Can Journalists Burn the Dead?
Columbia Journalism Review wondered "how common is it to burn dead sources?"' So far, both the Wall Street Journal and…
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Another News of the World Editor in Phone Hacking Scandal? Ian Edmondson accused
In the latest turn of events with the accusations of a "culture" of phone hacking at UK newspaper News of…
Daily Mirror To Pay Less In Naomi Campbell Privacy Lawsuit
The Daily Mirror only has to pay some of the fees in a lawsuit stemming from its 2001 story on…
UK Frontline Club Members Uneasy About Wikileaks’ Assange Support?
The UK Frontline Club's founder Vaughn Smith has been an open supporter of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Assange stayed at…
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional…
Are Journalists Missing the Story?
Iowa State University's journalism school director Michael Bugeja questioned if the media is paying attention to the stories that matter…
Is Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she…
David Beckham Counters In Touch Lawsuit
As iMediaEthics previously reported, David Beckham called for a front page apology from In Touch magazine after it published a cover…
Jamaica PM Bruce Golding Calls for Defamation Law Revisions
Jamaica's prime minister, Bruce Golding, called for reforms to the country's defamation laws, according to the Jamaica Observer. Last month,…
Top Ten Fake News Stories from China
Shanghai Daily reported a list of ten top fake news stories out of Chinese media in 2010. According to the Shanghai…