by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2010
UK Express Publishes Story Based on Fake Twitter Account for Sophie Dahl
The UK Daily Express published an article based on a fake Twitter account, Regret the Error reported. The May 24...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2010
Gawker Settles with Sarah Palin’s Book Publisher over Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
According to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "Gawker published images of several pages from advance copies of" Sarah...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2010
TruthSquad Makes Fact Checking Crowdsourced, a Game
There's another fact-checking site in the Web universe now, and this one, much like this summer's WikiFactCheck, sets to involve...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2010
UK Groups Create Libel Law Guide for Bloggers
Sense about Science and five media advocacy groups created a new guide explaining libel law to UK bloggers, Journalism.co.uk reported....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2010
NY Post Errs in FDNY Christmas Tree Story
The New York Post's headline and Nov. 11 story on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has apparently been corrected - but...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2010
WaPo Public Editor: Post Should “Beef Up” Kaplan Reporting
The Washington Post should cover higher-education program Kaplan more aggressively, the Post's ombudsman Andrew Alexander argued in his Nov.19 public editor...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2010
BBC Criticized for Portraying Irish Stereotypes in Debt Crisis Reporting
A BBC nightly news program has been criticized for portraying Ireland stereotypically, the Journal reported. Viewers took to Facebook and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2010
Ted Koppel Criticizes Partisan Media, Slate calls him ‘Bad Reporter’
Former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel questioned MSNBC's suspension of Keith Olbermann for political donations two weeks ago, noting that objective television...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
US Govt Warns About Checkbook Journalism… In Liberia, USAID Gives Liberia $11 Million to Train Journalists
Last month, the U.S. State Department paid for Liberian journalists to be trained by an American journalist, apparently a "regular...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2010
Cooks Source Magazine Shuts Down After Charge of Copyright Infringement
Digital Journal reported that Cooks Source's editor Judith Griggs confirmed that the New England cooking magazine has closed. Griggs and Cooks Source were...