by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2011
Jamaica PM Bruce Golding Calls for Defamation Law Revisions
Jamaica's prime minister, Bruce Golding, called for reforms to the country's defamation laws, according to the Jamaica Observer. Last month,...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2011
Top Ten Fake News Stories from China
Shanghai Daily reported a list of ten top fake news stories out of Chinese media in 2010. According to the Shanghai...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Rudolph Elmer, Swiss Banker’s WikiLeaks Threat? 2,000 Off-Shore Account Doc Leaked Today
Rudolph Elmer reportedly is turning over "The offshore bank account details of 2,000 'high net worth individuals' and corporations –...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Toronto Star Readers Asked to Weigh In on Controversial Editorial Decisions
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English posed a series of editorial decisions to the Star's readers last week. English asked...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011
Another WikiLeaks Hacktivist Jacob Appelbaum Questioned, NYT Corrects Error About $15K WikiLeaks Gift to Manning’s Defense Fund
WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum was again "questioned and searched" this week, ABC News reported. Appelbaum also recently tweeted some criticism...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011
Dallas Morning News Defends Hospital Medicare Test Fail Story
A Dallas Morning News editor responded to criticism by a local doctor, Dr. Ron Anderson, over one of the newspaper's stories. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Daily Mail Apologizes to Lily Safra, Not Involved in Husband’s Death
The Daily Mail apologized to Lily Safra and clarified to readers that the newspaper didn't mean to "suggest" that Lily...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Do Media Regret Twitter Errors? How To Correct Tweets
News outlets typically issue corrections whenever they publish incorrect information. However, as more and more news outlets venture onto Twitter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Committee to Protect Journalists on Vietnamese Decree
The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke out Jan. 13 against a new Vietnamese "executive decree" that goes into effect Feb....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2011
Righthaven Sues Web Forum Users
Copyright protection firm Righthaven has expanded its lawsuits to include individual Web commenters, the Las Vegas Sun reported. StinkyJournalism has...