by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
News of the World May Give More than $4 Mill over Milly Dowler Hacking
CBS News reported that News Corp. has offered "in the neighborhood of $4.7 million" to the family of Milly Dowler,...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
UK Press Complaints Council: New Statesman’s Blogs on Sarah Palin & Louise Mensch Inaccurate
UK print regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission stated that three New Statesman blog posts were inaccurate, Journalism.co.uk reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
Journalists in the Locker Room?
Editor & Publisher questioned if "reporters belong in sports locker rooms" in a Sept. 20 post. The debate was in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2011
Connie Schultz, Journalist Wife of Senator, Resigns
Connie Schultz has left the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Poynter's Jim Romenesko wrote Sept. 19. Schultz explained that she is resigning...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
News Corp cuts Phone Hacking Joke from Emmys
News Corp. cut a phone-hacking scandal joke from a segment scheduled for Sept. 18's Emmy awards, Entertainment Weekly reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Toronto Star Public Ed Questions if it’s OK for Sports Writers to Choose Baseball’s MVP
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English argued against sports journalists voting for Most Valuable Player in a recent column. As...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Accuracy Tips from Craig Silverman
Columbia Journalism Review's Craig Silverman collected "eight simple rules for doing accurate journalism" in a recent column. Silverman's first tip...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
Mediaite Criticizes Journalists who Let Bachmann HPV Vaccine Error Go Unchecked
Michele Bachmann's inaccurate statement that "the HPV vaccine is 'dangerous'" has been called out by "fact-check segments," but at least...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2011
San Antonio Express-News Public Editor: Don’t Read into Political Stories
The San Antonio Express-News' public editor Bob Richter wrote earlier this month that journalists "must stay out of politics." In...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 18, 2011
Canadian Judge Says Libel Rules Different Online versus Newspaper?
Is libel law different online than in print? Or, was a recent Canadian libel suit dismissed just because the comments...