by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2012
Al Jazeera Says Ethics Code Prevents its Airing of Video of French Shootings
Broadcaster Al Jazeera announced March 27 it won't "broadcast video footage of three deadly shootings in southern France filmed by...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
Hungarian Prez Pal Schmitt ‘Cleared’ after Magazine’s Accusations of Plagiarism
In January, Hungarian weekly magazine HVG.hu claimed that the country's president, Pal Schmitt, plagiarized parts of his doctoral thesis, as...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
Houston Chronicle, CNN, US Weekly Publish Trayvon Martin Tweets from Fake Will Ferrell Account
CNN and the Houston Chronicle reported information from a Will Ferrell Twitter account that turned out to be fake, the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
PCC Upholds Complaint against Daily Mirror for Naming Minor in Article without Consent
The UK Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint about the Daily Mirror's January 4 story for identifying the complainant's minor-aged...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
EVENT: Belhaven University Holding PR, News and Broadcast Media Ethics Panel
Belhaven University's Communications Department is hosting a March 29 media ethics panel, according to a press release on its website....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
NYPost Errs in Photo Caption on NYPD Surveillance, Picture Shows NYPD Supporters, but Caption Says Protestors
The New York Post erred in its photo caption for a picture accompanying a March 25 article by Phil Mushnick,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2012
Argentine Newspaper Clarin Ordered to Run ‘Rectification’ of Sexist Headline
Argentine newspaper Clarin must "publish a rectification" online and in print of a 2009 story headline that a court determined...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2012
EVENT: Canadian Journalists on Ethics, Regulation
Journalists discussed undercover reporting, the UK phone hacking scandal, media regulation, social media and more at a Toronto Star-sponsored March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2012
Fake Photo Shows Fox News Wrongly Naming French Prez, Misspelling Toulouse, Etc
According to Media Bistro's TV Newser, Fox News didn't make "a rather awful series of graphic mistakes...when reporting a story...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2012
Gannett-Owned Newspaper: Some Staff Signed Petition for Scott Walker Recall
Twenty-five Gannett Wisconsin Media employees signed a political petition asking for Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker to be recalled from office,...