by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Blog Reports on Tweets by Scout Willis, Willis Rep Says Tweets Satire for Class Project
Blog Ivy Gate published on March 7 information from the Twitter account of @bougpunk, which Ivy Gate identified as the...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Former Editor Dennis Wilen Says He was Fired for Cartoon Patch Said was Racist
According to Media Bistro's Fishbowl LA, a year after Brentwood, California Patch editor Dennis Wilen was fired, Wilen is explaining...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Moroccan Media Regulation Discussed
Morocco's Ministry of Communication addressed media ethics, media regulation and more during a March 10 "study day," Magharebia reported. Morocco's...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Babble Apologizes for Plagiarism
Walt Disney Company-owned parenting website Babble announced March 13 that it fired one of its writers for plagiarism. According to...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Leveson Inquiry on Times’ 2009 E-mail Hacking to Name Anonymous Blogger ‘Nightjack’
Lord Leveson called former Times of London "legal manager" Alastair Brett's statement to a UK court in 2009 "utterly misleading"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2012
Public Radio’s This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey FoxConn Story with Fabrications
Public radio program This American Life retracted a report on Apple by Mike Daisey that was "the single most popular...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2012
Irish Broadcaster RTE Must be Transparent in Father Reynolds Libel Case, Sean Gallagher Fake Tweet
This past week, Sarah McInerney, a reporter for the Sunday Times of Ireland, contacted us for our thoughts on the high...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Former Newspaper Association Prez Accused of ‘Serial Plagiarism’
Poynter's Craig Silverman and Andrew Beaujon highlighted a shocking case of plagiarism by a former North Dakota Newspaper Association president,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: Submit Abstracts of Media Ethics Papers to Reuters Institute
Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism announced a call for papers from "Faculty, doctoral students and practitioners"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
LAT Ran at least 7 Corrections on Danish versus Dutch since ’06
The Los Angeles Times has mixed up news about the Danish and the Dutch on numerous occasions over the past...