by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
Fake News Website Posing as the BBC Taken Down
A hoax website imitating the BBC has published fake stories including one that alleges former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
Prosecutor Claims Medill Students Not Protected by Shield Law
As iMediaEthics has written, an Illinois court has been looking into Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism's Innocence Project. The school's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
Live Reporting of Protected Court Case?
A UK judge is allowing the media to report on "a case being heard in the court of protection" while...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
Cracked.Com Calls out 6 Things Commonly Found in Fake News Stories
Humor site Cracked.com compiled a list of "6 ways to get anyone to believe a clearly fake news story" in...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
New ‘Editorial Principles’ at Brazilian Media Company
Brazilian media company Grupo Globo has published new "editorial principles," according to the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
Is Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann Cover Fair?
Newsweek magazine has been criticized for its choice of cover photo of Michele Bachmann. As the Star Tribune explained, "Bachmann's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2011
Grazia Magazine Says it Photoshopped Kate Middleton
Grazia magazine stated that it did "inadvertently" Photoshop a picture of Kate Middleton from her wedding to Prince William, the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2011
Jerusalem Post Apologizes to Norway for Editorial on Oslo Attacks
The Jerusalem Post apologized to Norway for a July 24 editorial (see here) following the attacks in Oslo. The Post's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2011
NOTW sued, accused of breaking anonymity agreement
A man named John Capewell is suing News of the World's former publisher, News Group Newspapers, the Guardian reported. The...