by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2017
Sunday Mail Australia’s ‘Knockers Come Out’ Headline about Trump Accusers Runs afoul of Press Council
When you see the word "knockers," do you think of the crude slang term for a woman's breasts, or do...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2017
Actress Rebel Wilson suing Australian media company for saying she lied
Australian publisher Bauer Media damaged Australian actress Rebel Wilson's reputation, describing her as a liar, fibbing about her age, name and...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2017
The Australian newspaper is sorry it accused business exec of being part of a Ponzi scheme
The Australian, the widest circulating national newspaper in Australia, suggested that a technology company located there and its managing director,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2017
Australian Suicide Story not in Public Interest, newspaper invaded privacy of family
The Parramatta Advertiser, a weekly newspaper in suburban Sydney owned by News Corp. Australia, published an invasive article about a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2017
Aboriginals plied with beer at wake for filming? BBC admits ‘misleading’ edits in documentary
Film producers provided beer at an Aboriginal wake, then filmed the Aboriginal Australians drinking, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2017
AU ‘The Bachelor’ Host Complains over fat-shaming ’Bali Belly’ Story, Press Council rules
The Daily Mail Australia mocked the host of Australia's version of the reality TV show The Bachelor for gaining weight...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2017
70K Australians Using Medical Loophole to get Welfare & Not Work? Telegraph Story Wrong, Press Council Rules
More than 70,000 Australians are falsely claiming to be sick so they don't have to work and can get welfare?...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2017
Australian Newspaper Breaks Suicide Reporting Guidelines
In March 2016, an Australian woman, Jasmine Riley, died by suicide, killing her two-year-old son with her. The Courier-Mail, a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2017
Australia’s Yahoo7 Fined $300k for Article that led to Murder Mistrial
Australia's Yahoo7 was fined $300,000 Australian ($230,000 U.S.) for contempt of court after it published a report last summer that...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 03, 2017
Australian Journalist Ginger Gorman’s Reporting on Child Sex Abuse ‘Stolen’ by 3 Sites, 1 Unpublishes after Complaints
It has become an all too familiar story: A freelance journalist spends hours, or weeks, putting together a hard-hitting investigative...