by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2011
‘Tens of Thousands’ Protest Hungary’s Media Law
In January, Hungary adopted a new media law that quickly met with sharp criticism and protests. And even though amendments to...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2011
Lawsuit Settled, No Outing Anonymous Sources, Newspaper, Radio Station Agree
A Canadian newspaper has dropped its lawsuit for a radio station's anonymous sources, Yukon Territory newspaper Whitehorse Star reported. The newspaper, the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2011
‘Why don’t journalists link to primary sources?’
Ben Goldacre wondered "Why don't journalists link to primary sources?" in a recent article for the Guardian's commentary section, "Comment...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2011
Suicide Reporting Guidelines for Journalists May be Changed
Reporting guidelines on suicides might change in New Zealand, which has one of the highest rates of youth suicides in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2011
No Libel, But Blogger John Hoff Still Ordered to Pay $60K
Even though a jury found a Minnesota blogger didn't report inaccurate information and a defamation lawsuit against him didn't hold...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2011
Detroit News Apologizes for Editing Chrysler 200 Auto Review After Advertiser Complained
Detroit News editor and publisher Jonathan Wolman apologized to the newspaper's readers as well as to auto reviewer Scott Burgess March 19...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2011
Newspaper Guild Boycotts HuffPo, Forbes Questions HuffPo Claim About Their Writers
The Newspaper Guild got a lot of attention this week when it joined with Visual Art Source, an art news...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 20, 2011
Is ICorrect.com Correcting Errors or Just Repeating Them?
At first glance, the new UK site, ICorrect.com, appears to be a venue for subjects of bad media reporting to have...
by David Hill, Special to StinkyJournalism.org on Mar 19, 2011
Found Again? For Umpteenth Time, Same ‘lost tribe’ discovered in Amazon
At the end of last year, the UK's Daily Mail reported the "discovery" of "an Indian tribe lost" in the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2011
Sensational Tsunami, Quake Reports Tracked by Wiki Wall of Shame
A Wiki page called Journalist Wall of Shame has been created, presumedly, to call out bad reports in the media about the...