by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Apologizes to Hugh Grant for Tweet
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch apologized Oct. 18 for a tweet about Hugh Grant. The apology tweet reads: "Hugh Grant...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2012
$500 Fine for Ecuador’s El Universo for Publishing Photos of Children with Rafael Correa
An Ecuadorean judge ruled that El Universo newspaper violated the privacy of children by "publishing photographs of underage children with President...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2012
Globe & Mail ‘Sensitive & Complete’ in Reporting on Amanda Todd’s Death, Public Editor Says
The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead defended the Canadian newspaper's coverage of teenager Amanda Todd's death as "sensitive...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2012
Scottish Daily Record Ends Commenting on Football Stories
The Scottish Daily Record announced Oct. 12 "we are suspending comments on football stories" because of "an unacceptable level of...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2012
Women in Journalism Studies Gender Balance in UK News, Finds Kate Middleton Most Photographed
Women in Journalism, which identifies itself as a "networking, campaigning, training and social organisation for women journalists," studied UK newspapers from...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2012
Malawi Journalist Accused of Fake Story, Criminal Libel for Stories about Govt.
Malawi Voice reporter Justice Mponda has been charged with "false publication and criminal libel" over an article claiming the country's...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 17, 2012
Daily Mirror Corrects after Fact Checking Group Complains to PCC
The Daily Mirror unpublished and corrected a July 20 article that misreported information from a survey after a complaint to...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2012
Renewed Debate over Accuracy, Standards Related to ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Term
Former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas, who identified himself as an "undocumented immigrant" last year in an essay for...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2012
Comedian Sues Daily Mirror for Libel over ‘Racist’ claim
Comedian Frankie Boyle is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for describing him as "racist" in a July 19, 2011 report "Channel...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 16, 2012
MSNBC Errs in Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Graphic
MSNBC erred in an Oct. 14 graphic that mistakenly reported that Felix Baumgartner, the man who "broke the sound barrier"...