by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
MediaBistro to ABC: Stop overusing ‘Exclusive’
MediaBistro's Fishbowl DC called out ABC News for its tagging stories "exclusive." According to Fishbowl DC, ABC News's adding a...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
PCC to Create ‘Best Practices’ List?
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade reported that the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission's director, Stephen Abell, has been...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AFP Retracts Story Linking Le Monde Fiction Story with French Stock Selling
Agence France-Presse (AFP) retracted a story suggesting that French newspaper Le Monde was "the source of false information that has...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AP Retracts Doctored Photo Provided by Lithuanian Mayor
The Associated Press announced it has retracted a photo from its wire Aug. 15 after finding out it had been doctored. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2011
UK Court: Headline Aggregator & Its Users Could be Violating Copyright?
A July UK Appeals Court ruling has ordered both a news aggregator and its users to pay a licensing fee...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2011
Former NOTW Reporter’s Letter Claims NOTW Knew of Phone Hacking
Clive Goodman, a former News of the World reporter who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking, implicated Rupert Murdoch,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2011
New Standards for Reporting on Suicides in Australia
The Australian press council recently published new "guidelines covering the reporting of suicide," according to The Australian. The guidelines now...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2011
Jewish Defence League to Sue Canada’s CBC After Being called ‘Banned Terrorist Organization’
The Jewish Defence League of Canada's Meir Weinstein announced the group intends to file a defamation lawsuit against Canada's CBC...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2011
2 Lithuanian Newspapers Deny WikiLeaks Cable Claims of Corruption
The European Journalism Centre highlighted a WikiLeaks document that purports to show "unethical and illegal practices" in two Lithuanian newspapers...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2011
NYT’s Joe Nocera Apologized After Calling Tea Party Terrorism
What boundaries should columnists establish? That's what the New York Times' Arthur Brisbane wondered in his latest column as public...