by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2015
Australian Newspaper called Thorn Birds Author Fat and Plain
Famous and now-deceased Australian author Colleen McCullough was described as "plain of feature, and certainly overweight" in her obituary in...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2015
Sydney Morning Herald’s Gaza Cartoon apology: ‘Prominent, extensive and closely reasoned,’ Press Council rules
The Australian Press Council ruled that the Sydney Morning Herald broke offense standards with its July cartoon slammed for anti-Semitism....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2014
Australian Press Council didn’t ‘condemn’ media coverage of Sydney Lindt Cafe Siege
The Australia Press Council didn't slam the media for its coverage of the Sydney Lindt cafe siege. At least two...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2014
Australian newspaper calls murdered transgender woman ‘she-male’ & ‘ladyboy’
Will the Courier-Mail apologize? The Australian newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., described an Indonesian murdered transgender woman as...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2014
Australian Radio Host Attacks Listener By Airing His Cell phone number and calling him names
Australian radio station 2SM aired a listener's personal phone number during a radio broadcast last year and broke privacy guidelines,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2014
Mother dies after ‘palliative care,’ not ‘prayer and hymn singing’; Australia’s Channel 7 Unpublishes
The Australian Communications and Media Authority ruled that Australia's Channel 7 violated broadcasting standards in reporting on the religious group the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2014
Royal Prank Call Inquest: Australian radio host apologizes to nurse
The Westminster Coroners' Court opened an inquest to investigate the death of Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at King Edward VII...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 22, 2014
How Australian media used James Foley beheading images to save lives?
Earlier this week, terrorist group ISIS released a video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley. How media covered...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2014
Aboriginal Surfer has ‘ape-ish face’? Surfer Life Mag offers ‘apologies to Indigenous community’
Surfer Otis Carey has filed his second lawsuit against the media over a profile that called him "apeish" and that...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2014
Anti-semitism at Sydney Morning Herald? Gaza cartoon retracted
The Sydney Morning Herald retracted and said it was "wrong" to publish a July 26 cartoon about Gaza that has...