by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2012
Oprah Winfrey Apologizes, Deletes Tweet Asking for Viewers
Oprah issued an apology Feb. 13 after tweeting during the Feb. 12 Grammys “Every 1 who can please turn to...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2012
AP Stylebook: Don’t Use Phrase ‘Illegitimate Child’
The Associated Press Stylebook added an entry for "illegitimate child," Poynter's Mallary Jean Tenore reported Feb. 13. However, the AP...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2012
New Social Media Guidelines at Sky News Ban RTs of Others’ Work
Sky News issued restrictive new social media guidelines Feb. 7, the Guardian reported. According to the Guardian's report, under the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2012
CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson Given Conservative Group’s Award, Doesn’t Attend Ceremony after Criticism
CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson has been criticized for "accepting an award from Accuracy in Media, a conservative group with...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
WaPo Corrects Errors in its Article on Errors in Textbooks
The Washington Post published a Dec. 18 article about errors in Virginia textbooks. Since the article's publication, though, the Post has...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
New Zealand Student Newspaper Gets Advisory Board as ‘Critical Friend’
New Zealand's University of Otago established a "student media advisory board" for its student magazine Critic and radio channel Radio One,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
Katy Perry uses Cocaine? Gather Retracts 2 False Stories
Gather published a lengthy retraction Feb. 10 of fake claims that singer Katy Perry uses cocaine. The fake claims were...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
The Sun, Daily Mail Unpublish Stories Claiming Woman Killed by Pet Dog?
The Sun and the Daily Mail each apparently unpublished articles claiming that a woman named Cassandra Smith was killed by...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2012
Readers Rep On Criticism of Cleveland Plain Dealer for not Publishing Bishop’s Letter
The Cleveland Plain Dealer's readers representative Ted Diadiun explained in a Feb. 12 column why the newspaper published a story...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2012
European Court of Human Rights Rules in 2 Media Privacy Cases
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that "the private lives of celebrities are of legitimate interest to the media,"...