by Sydney Smith on May 14, 2012
Former PM Gordon Brown Denies Rebekah Brooks Leveson Claims
Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown issued a "strongly worded statement" denying former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks' statement at...
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by Sydney Smith on May 13, 2012
South Africa’s Daily Sun Publishes Images from Gang Rape Video
The South African Daily Sun ran a front-page photo last month of a minor-aged girl "being gang-raped," Politics Web reported....
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
OfCom Looking into ‘What’s the most offensive term to describe someone with learning difficulties’ Poll
UK broadcast regular OfCom is looking into a UK TV host's poll asking "what's the most offensive term to describe...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
China Government Newspaper Calls for Int’l Media to Follow Ethics
China's Communist Party's newspaper Global Times called for the international media to "take an objective and balanced view toward the...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
LAT Readers Rep on the Dentist Hoax
Los Angeles Times readers represenative Deirdre Edgar pointed out that the newspaper reported a hoax story as fact in a...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
2 Chilean Editors Say TV Network Censored Investigation
Two Chilean editors, Patricio Ovando and Pilar Rodriguez, resigned from TV station Channel 13 because they said the station was...
by Sydney Smith on May 12, 2012
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks Testifies at Leveson Inquiry
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks testified at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and practices May 11. Brooks was...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Charges against UK Spectator for Violating Court Order on Murder Trial Reporting
The UK "literary entertainment" magazine The Spectator has been charged by the police for "breaching reporting restrictions" over a November article...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Abraham Lincoln Facebook Hoaxer: ‘Virtually nobody checked with me to ask if it was True’
Blogger Nate St. Pierre, who created the hoax story that Abraham Lincoln patented Facebook, explained why he made up the...
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2012
Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition Contacting Media Outlets to Advise How to Report on Suicide
J-Source, the Canadian Journalism Project, questioned recently "Has there been a shift in the way suicide is reported?" According to...