by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2019
It’s not harassment for news outlet to contact subject of story
Just because someone tells the UK press regulator they don't want to be contacted by the media about a story,...
Northern Ireland
by Sydney Smith on Oct 24, 2017
Grieving family rocked by Belfast Telegraph’s photograph of child and her coffin
The Belfast Telegraph published a photograph of a 7-year-old girl who died of meningitis earlier this year, as well as...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2017
Were Former British Soldiers Prosecuted for IRA Member Death because of politics? Telegraph apologizes to, pays Prosecutor
The UK Telegraph claimed Northern Ireland's prosecutor was motivated by politics and revenge in his pursuit of murder charges against...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2017
Teen Quoted Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Yearbook, Belfast Telegraph didn’t invade privacy in report
It was fair game for the Belfast Telegraph to report that a teenager quoted from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2017
Pitbull Taken Away from owners in Northern Ireland? City Council complaints over article
A Belfast Telegraph article compared the local dog wardens to the Stasi [East German secret police during the Cold War]...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2015
BBC Host Andy West gets Suspended after Facebook post about Tyson Fury
The BBC suspended Northern Ireland staffer Andy West after he criticized a BBC decision on Facebook. West deleted his Facebook post,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2015
Latest Challenges: Was Bill O’Reilly witness to Nun killings, Dallas Suicide or N Ireland Bombings?
In the time since Mother Jones first questioned Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's accounting of his reporting history, more claims have...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2012
Subpoena Calls for Confidential Tapes in Researchers’ IRA Interviews
The Police Service of Northern Ireland wants U.S.-based Irish reporter Ed Moloney and his researcher Anthony McIntyre to identify his...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2012
OfCom: ITV News ‘Mislead’ Viewers with Two Video Segments
OfCom ruled Jan. 23 that UK broadcaster ITV News broke OfCom standards by airing two segments with incorrect footage in September,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2012
Court Rules BBC Doesn’t have to Give April Parade Footage to Police
A Northern Ireland court dismissed the call for the BBC to provide police with its footage from an April 2011 parade,...