by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2016
GQ UK must pay £10,000 for Contempt over Phone Hacking Story
GQ UK has to pay a £10,000 fine (about $15,000 U.S.) over a story the magazine published during the UK phone...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2016
Julian Assange Detention ‘Arbitrary’ UN group Says, UK Rejects Report
Julian Assange's detention is "arbitrary," the United Nations' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention decided in a Feb. 5 report. "The Working Group...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2016
Central European News sues BuzzFeed over ‘King of Bulls**t News’ Claims
European news organization Central European News and its founder Michael Leidig are suing BuzzFeed for defamation for $11 million, The Hollywood...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2016
Who was Jack the Ripper? UK Mail on Sunday Corrects after Saying Serial Murderer was IDed ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’
Did the Mail on Sunday identify who the Victorian-era serial killer Jack the Ripper really was? Apparently not. The newspaper published a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2016
New Press Regulator in England to get $5.5 million funding from Max Mosley’s Trust
UK print regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) may soon have some competition. The Independent Monitor for the Press...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2016
Local UK paper IDs ‘Caped Crusader’ on ‘Circumstantial Evidence,’ a ‘Serious Failure’ of Accuracy, says IPSO, UK regulator
Who was that masked man? A local UK newspaper thought it knew, but unleashed the UK regulator when it identified...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 23, 2016
“I live in a ‘terrorist house'” article unpublished by Guardian, under investigation by reader’s editor
The Guardian is reviewing an article that reported police investigated a young British Muslim boy after he wrote that he lived in a "terrorist...
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David Bowie didn’t play a Curry House before Death
David Bowie's last gig before his death was not at a curry house. A satire site, the Suffolk Gazette, published...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2016
Mail Columnist Katie Hopkins’ tweet accuses Guardian Columnist of Vandalizing War Memorial, Sued for libel
Fresh off controversy for comparing migrants to cockroaches, Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins is now facing a libel lawsuit for accusing Guardian writer Jack...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2016
BuzzFeed Native Ad Deceptive, ‘Must Not Appear Again,’ UK Advertising Standards Authority says
A BuzzFeed UK advertorial (also known as native advertising and sponsored content) for the company Dylon was deceptive and readers...