by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2010
UK Daily Mirror Broke Source Confidentiality Agreement
The UK Daily Mirror violated an anonymous source agreement, the UK Press Complaints Commission ruled. The Mirror's Aug. 11 feature...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2010
UK Express Publishes Story Based on Fake Twitter Account for Sophie Dahl
The UK Daily Express published an article based on a fake Twitter account, Regret the Error reported. The May 24...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2010
UK Groups Create Libel Law Guide for Bloggers
Sense about Science and five media advocacy groups created a new guide explaining libel law to UK bloggers, Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2010
BBC Criticized for Portraying Irish Stereotypes in Debt Crisis Reporting
A BBC nightly news program has been criticized for portraying Ireland stereotypically, the Journal reported. Viewers took to Facebook and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
The Sun Criticized for Waterboarding Video, Call for Censorship
A politiican criticized British newspaper The Sun for its video on waterboarding, the Guardian reported Nov. 12. The poltiican, Labour MP...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2010
Sweden Seeks Arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange by Interpol
Swedish authorities are seeking an international arrest warrant for Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As Assange's whereabouts are reportedly unknown, does this mean there will...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2010
UK Newspaper Apologizes for Calling Former Politician “Sex Pest”
The Daily Express apologized Nov. 5 to a former politician for an Oct. 2009 article which incorrectly labeled him a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
Tweets Lead to Arrests, Libel Suits, Fines in British Courts
Media Briefs... In the U.K. this week, a politician was arrested, a cricket player has been sued for libel, and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2010
Daily Telegraph Apologizes to Cristiano Ronaldo for 2008 Libelous Story
Cristiano Ronaldo won a libel case against the UK Daily Telegraph for a July 2008 story alleging the soccer player...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2010
NYT Picker Slams Times’ Public Editor Brisbane & WikiLeaks Column
The NYT Picker, a blog which "devotes itself exclusively" to analyzing the New York Times, sharply criticized the Times' public...