by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2011
What’s in a Name: Reuters Corrects Gadhafi Tweet
Reuters corrected its Aug. 21 news release that Muammar Gaddafi "has been detained" via Twitter. The news outlet's original information suggested...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2011
Reuters Changes Retraction Practices
Reuters has announced a new practice for handling retractions, Poynter's Steve Myers reported. Under the new retraction practices, when an...
by Corinne Segal on Jul 16, 2011
Fox misrepresents climate change study
Fox News put a “patently false” headline on a Reuters story about a climate change study, according to progressive media watchdog Media Matters. Fox...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2011
Reuters Retracts David Cay Johnston’s News Corp Tax Column, Johnston Apologizes
Reuters retracted a column alleging News Corp. profited from income taxes, National Public Radio reported. Reuters issued an "advisory" in a July 13...
by Corinne Segal on Jun 15, 2011
Media spreads false ‘mass grave’ report, Will Reuters Correct?
Several news outlets falsely reported that police had found up to 30 bodies buried on a property in Liberty County,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
NYT: We Didn’t Hack E-mail for Story about SEC case against Goldman Sachs VP
Reuters' Felix Salmon, Gawker's John Cook, and attorney Maxwell Kennerly questioned the New York Times' methods for obtaining e-mails cited...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2011
NYT Criticized for not Crediting Social Media, not Linking outside of NYT
Reuters' Felix Salmon criticized two recent columns from the New York Times for ignoring social media's impact on the May 1 developing Osama...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2011
Obama Says No Release of Osama Corpse Photo, Ethics Experts Weigh-in
Barack Obama said he won't release pictures of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse, CBS News reported. Obama cited several reasons for...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2011
Who has better Link Ethics, Bloggers or Journalists? Reuters weighs in…
Are blogs more ethical than traditional media? In terms of attribution, Reuters' Anthony DeRosa, in his blogpost about "traditional media's...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2011
Reuters Bureau Chief David Fox Fired for Online Chat Comments
David Fox was fired from Reuters after sending a "crude remark" in a Reuters chat room, the Guardian's Roy Greenslade...