by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2011
Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal, Could Appeal to UK Supreme Court
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has been ordered again to be extradited to Sweden. In July 2011, Assange appealed a February 2011...
England
by Sydney Smith on Nov 01, 2011
Occupy London Protesters File PCC Complaint
Protesters involved with the Occupy London protest complained to the UK print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission, the Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 01, 2011
Guardian Announces Accuracy and Standards Page
The Guardian's readers' editor associate editor Leslie Plommer announced the Guardian has created "a new web page -- entitled accuracy...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 27, 2011
BBC Defends Reporter Accused of Being Involved with Extremists
In contrast to NPR, the British public broadcasting network, the BBC, stood by one of its reporters after he got...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 26, 2011
WikiLeaks Needs Money or else it will Shut Down, it says
WikiLeaks needs money. It announced it may shut down and has suspended publishing because of a lack of funds, the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2011
European Commission wants BBC to Apologize for Calling Spokesperson an ‘Idiot’
Political commentator Peter Oborne and BBC host Jeremy Paxman both called European Commission spokesperson Amadeu Altafaj Tardio an "idiot" on...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2011
Libel reform Call
As iMediaEthics has written, the UK has been reviewing and working on reforms to its libel law. According to the BBC,...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2011
Daily Mail & Daily Mirror Accused of Contempt in Milly Dowler Reporting
UK attorney general Dominic Grieve charged the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror with contempt of court, the Guardian reported....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2011
PCC Gets New Chairman
The PCC announced Oct. 13 that a former member of Parliament, Lord David Hunt, has been named the print regulatory...
by Ian Hislop , Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2011
UK Editor Defends Undercover Reporting
Ian Hislop, editor of UK Private Eye backed undercover reporting and investigating the "sex lives of well-known figures," the Guardian...