by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2011
Editor Joseph Weiler Not Guilty of Defamation in French Court
Journal editor Joseph Weiler was found not guilty of defamation in a French court yesterday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. A negative...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2011
Libel Watch: Negative Book Review Draws Defamation Suit
Author Karin Calvo-Goller reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit in France over a review of her book The Trial Proceedings of the International...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 22, 2010
Reporters without Borders Hosting WikiLeaks Site
Reporters without Borders announced yesterday that it would launch a mirror site for WikiLeaks today. In a statement published on...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2010
European Journalism Centre’s Ethics Code to Include Bloggers, All of Europe
iMediaEthics wrote in June when Howard Hudson, editor for the European Journalism Centre, called for a journalism ethics code for European...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2010
Lily Allen Wins Damages, Apology from Magazine for Fake Quotes
A French magazine was found guilty of reporting fake quotes from British pop singer Lily Allen. The magazine, So Foot,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2010
Reporters without Borders joins Le Monde in legal complaint against French govt. Nicolas Sarkozy violation of confidential sources
The Guardian's media writer Roy Greenslade reported Sept. 23 that Reporters without Borders is supporting French newspaper Le Monde in a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2010
NY Times reports Woody Allen”very surprised” about “wild” media fabrications on Carla Bruni
Famed movie director Woody Allen questioned journalism ethics in a recent interview with The New York Times. Allen told the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2010
Tunisian Bloggers Spot Fake Photo from Le Temps, Assabah newspapers
Tunisian bloggers are calling out the French newspaper Le Temps, and the Arabic version of the newspaper, Assabah, for publishing...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2010
10 Years Later, al-Dura controversy still alive, French media watchdog wins defamation suit
Another twist has been added to the decade-long debate over the "al-Dura" video broadcast by France 2, a national public...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2010
European Journalism Code of Ethics Proposed
The European Journalism Centre's editor, Howard Hudson, has proposed a European Code of Journalism Ethics. The draft was released May 3. The...