by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2012
NYDaily News, WPIX Take Down Fake Drake-Chris Brown Video
We wrote earlier this month about the New York Daily News and WPIX being hoaxed by a fake video claiming...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2012
Fiji TV Announces Commitment to Ethics
Fiji TV announced a commitment to media ethics and to make its work more ethical, according to a Pacific Media...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 23, 2012
Student Wins Libel Case against Daily Mail, Evening Standard
Luke Cooper won his libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail and Evening Standard. As we have written, Cooper, a PhD...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2012
Scottish Sun Apologizes for ID’ing Children
The Scottish Sun apologized after unnecessarily identifying children in an April 29 story critical of their father, the PCC reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2012
Ghana Journalists Advised to Follow Ethics, Avoid Checkbook Journalism
Journalists attending a "Guidelines for Political Journalism" workshop were advised on reporting "truthful, unbiased information" on politics and to carefully...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2012
Evening Standard, Daily Mail Sued for Libel, Journalist Defends against Fake Quote Claims
The Evening Standard and Daily Mail are being sued for libel by Sussex University PhD student Luke Cooper over 2010 reports...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2012
POLITICO Suspends Reporter for Mitt Romney Comments
POLITICO's Joe Williams was suspended June 22 for comments about Mitt Romney. Williams' POLITICO bio identifies him as the "White...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2012
Daily Mail Corrects Wrong Claims Journalist Included Measurements, Offered to work Nude for BBC Job
The Daily Mail apologized June 16 for its inaccurate reporting about a freelance reporter who used to work at BBC...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2012
Australian Journalism Prof creates ‘Best Practices’ Blog
Australian journalism professor Lawrie Zion set up a blog on "Best Practices" to host "best practices initiatives" like accuracy for...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2012
Update: Jonah Lehrer Apologizes, New Yorker Adds another Editor’s Note, WIRED Reviewing his Work
Jonah Lehrer apologized this week for re-using his own writing for other publications in his five blog posts for the...