by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
AP Sportswriter Sued After Tweet Accused NBA Ref of Cheating
After being accused of cheating in a tweet, an NBA referee has sued an Associated Press sportswriter for defamation, City...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
WikiLeaks-Based Reports Cause Libel Lawsuits Filed by Indonesian Union
Two Australian newspapers and the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia are being sued by an Indonesian union for $1 billion...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
U.S. State Department Spokesperson PJ Crowley Resigns After His Bradley Manning Comments
PJ Crowley resigned from his position as a U.S. State Department spokesperson on March 13 after commenting that the treatment...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
Daily Star apologizes for fake story on Amir Khan on front page
The UK Daily Star apologized for its Dec. 16 cover article about model and TV personality Katie Price and boxer...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2011
US Federal Appeals Court Rules–Mug Shots NOT included in FOIA
A federal appeals court in Georgia agreed with a Florida district court that mug shot photos aren't included in the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2011
AP Is Suing & Sued For Copyright Infringement for Times Square Bombing
The Associated Press has been sued by a video production company for selling surveillance footage of the 2008 Times Square...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2011
Readers Say NYT Texas Gang Rape Story Blames Victim
New York Times public editor, Arthur Brisbane, joined readers in criticizing the newspaper's March 9 story about a Texas gang rape of an...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2011
National Union of Journalists Pays Member Suzanne Breen For Libel Settlement
The National Union of Journalists, a UK journalists association, has agreed to pay investigative journalist Suzanne Breen an undisclosed libel settlement over a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2011
Bribe Offered to Toronto Star Reporter to Unpublish Story
Kathy English, the Toronto Star's public editor, published a 2009 survey about the growing requests for unpublishing -- the term for...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2011
NYT Corrects Error: Irish Prime Minister is a Man, not a Woman
The New York Times corrected its March 10 article after referring to Ireland's new prime minister as a woman. However, as...