by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
Tweets Lead to Arrests, Libel Suits, Fines in British Courts
Media Briefs... In the U.K. this week, a politician was arrested, a cricket player has been sued for libel, and...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 13, 2010
CNN Ad Claims Objectivity; Labels Fox News, MSNBC Partisan
A new ad from CNN targets Fox News and MSNBC for being partisan while labeling itself objective, the Huffington Post...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Cooks Source Apologizes after Copyright Infringement, Donates $ to Get Advertisers Back?
Last week, blogger Monica Gaudio's claim that a small, regional cooking magazine violated her blog's copyright by publishing (without her...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Gawker Gives Media Ethics Advice?
Gawker published a set of suggestive guidelines for updated media ethics. They included full disclosure financially and politically, letting journalists vote and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Fishbowl DC Criticizes Washington Post for not Crediting Sources
Media Bistro's Fishbowl DC editor Betsy Rothstein slammed the Washington Post for not crediting other media outlets in two stories...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Journalists Petition Supporting WikiLeaks
Editorsweblog reported Nov. 8 that the "The Global Investigative Journalism Network" has launched a petition to allow journalists to publicly...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2010
Mark Luckie on New Media
Washington Post's national innovations editor Mark Luckie spoke at a panel discussion on "The Changing Media Landscape," the Columbia Journalism Review...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 11, 2010
Tucker Carlson Hoaxed Philadelphia Daily News in Fake Keith Olbermann Interview
The Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson hoaxed Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky by sending him e-mails posing as Keith Olbermann....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2010
Denver Post Fact Check Inaccurate says American Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a nonprofit lobbying organization, criticized the Denver Post for having an intern fact-check political ads and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2010
Daily Telegraph Apologizes to Cristiano Ronaldo for 2008 Libelous Story
Cristiano Ronaldo won a libel case against the UK Daily Telegraph for a July 2008 story alleging the soccer player...