by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2014
Topless Sunbathing Photo in Sunday World not OK, PCC Rules
The Sunday World invaded the privacy of a woman named June McKibbin by publishing a topless photo of her and...
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by David W. Moore , Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
137% of New Jersey Residents Think Fox News Needs a Math Tutor
A Fox News graphic for the results of a Rasmussen poll on Chris Christie suggests that 137% of New Jerseyians...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
UPDATED Photog Responds: Columbia Journalism Review Takes down Photo after Copyright Complaint
Columbia Journalism Review unpublished a photograph after a Cleveland Plain Dealer photo editor complained of copyright violation. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
Hoax: Watching Sunrise on TV because of Smog in China? Daily Mail, Time and more Duped
News outlets including the Daily Mail, Time magazine and the Daily Mirror published a fake story that China is using...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2014
More on Kim Jong Un Dog Hoax: 1st English News Report had Single Source, Unverified Claim
Earlier this month, numerous news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that Kim Jong-un fed his uncle, Jang Song...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2014
Courtney Love in Court, 1st Twitter Libel Trial in US
Courtney Love is in court defending herself against a libel lawsuit for a 2010 tweet about her then-lawyer, Rhonda Holmes....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Phone Hacking Scandal Story Wins Business Ethics Award
Here's an ethics award iMediaEthics hasn't heard of: The Joint Professions for Good and Institute for Business Ethics Writings Awards....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Jezebel Pays $10K for Pre-Photoshop Lena Dunham Vogue Pics, Checkbook Journalism?
Breaking news! Fashion magazine Vogue Photoshops women. The blog Jezebel paid $10,000 to get the pre-Photoshopped photographs of Lena Dunham...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2014
3 MSNBC Incidents, MSNBC Pres. Griffin says took quick ‘action’ after Alec Baldwin, Martin Bashir, & Melissa Harris-Perry debacles
MSNBC president Phil Griffin called recent controversies involving three of network's hosts "unfortunate" and defended MSNBC's reaction as "transparent" in...