by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2011
News of the World Shut Down As More Alleged Victims of Phone Hacking Emerge
News of the World will cease publication July 10 as a result of the wide-reaching phone hacking scandal, The Guardian...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 06, 2011
NYT Public Editor Comments on David Pogue’s PR Work
Last month, Forbes' Jeff Bercovici questioned if the New York Times will "give David Pogue another pass on ethics" after...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 06, 2011
Chinese Govt Apologizes for Photoshopped Image
A Chinese county government has apologized for releasing a doctored and staged photo, China Daily reported. According to China Daily, the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2011
Murdoch-owned UK Tabloid Accused of Hacking Voicemails of Murdered Girl Milly Dowler
News of the World is accused of hacking into the voicemails of murdered UK teenager Milly Dowler in 2002 shortly...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2011
DSK Accuser Suing NYPost for Libel over ‘Hooker’ Stories
The hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Post and...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
NBC Sports Blog Runs Pic of Crack Addict Character Tyrone Biggums, Instead of Athlete?
NBC Sports's College Football Talk blog incorrectly used a photo of a crack-addict TV character to accompany its story on...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Tenn. Judge Eisenstein Claims TV News Station, Reporter Defamed him
A Tennessee judge has filed a defamation suit against Nashville TV station WTVF Channel 5's reporter Phil Williams, the station manager, t...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Hackers Post Fake Fox News Twitter Story that Obama is Dead
Hackers formerly associated with hacking group Anonymous hacked into one of Fox News' Twitter accounts this morning and posted fake...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Media Group Awards Guttenplag Wiki Site for Catching Plagiarism
A German Wiki page called GuttenPlag Wiki crowdsourced plagiarism checking and revealed that former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Mexican State Chihuahua Gets Shield Law
The Mexican state of Chihuahua has passed the first shield law in Mexico, the Knight Center for Journalism in the...