by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2012
Pakistani Group to Publish Gender-Sensitive Code of Ethics March 8
White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan is hosting a National Conference on Gender and Media in March, the group's Omer Aftab told...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2012
Transcripts of Leaked Calls from Indian Media’s Radiagate May have been Doctored?
According to a Jan. 31 report by India Private Limited, the controversial leaked transcripts of phone calls between a lobbyist...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Sports News Site: Fact Check Tweets Before Publishing Stories
Richard Greco suggested in a post on Philadelphia sports news site GCobb.com that journalists shouldn't automatically assume tweets are fact-checked...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Miss Piggy Criticizes Fox News
Miss Piggy, star of the movie The Muppets, has responded to Fox Business' Eric Bolling's criticism of the 2011 Muppets movie, Media...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
3 Anonymous Sources to be named for Australian Defamation Suit
An Australian Supreme Court called for three journalists from Australia's The Age newspaper to identify three anonymous sources in order...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
The Sun Retracts Claim about Soccer Manager
The UK Sun retracted a Jan. 30 story claiming that a soccer sports manager texted his team "to prepare for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2012
NYT Criticizes Reporters without Borders Annual Press Freedom Ranking of US below Hungary for Occupy Wall Street Arrests
Nonprofit advocacy group Reporters without Borders released its latest Press Freedom Index on Jan. 25. This is the "10th annual"...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2012
Center for International Media Ethics Announces EthiContest Winner
The Center for International Media Ethics announced the winner of its Ethicontest 2011 in late January. The center identifies itself...