by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2010
CNN Mexican Cartel Story Features Unsupported Headline –
A CNN story last week may have grabbed readers' attention with its interesting but inaccurate title claiming that the FBI sees al...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2010
Basketball Player Anthony Davis May Sue Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is under fire for its publication of two anonymously sourced reports that the University of Kentucky intended...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2010
Do JournoList e-mails show journalists plotted?
Each time The Daily Caller publishes a set of e-mails from JournoList, the now-defunct listserv started and formerly operated by...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2010
Fred Barnes said not on ‘conservative team,’ Yet Republican Party pays him to speak
Journalist Fred Barnes wrote July 22 for the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page slamming liberal colleagues for disregarding the tenets...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2010
Historian and Wife Apologize, Pay Two Authors Defamed in Online “Poison Pen” Reviews
Professor Orlando Figes, the high-profile London historian who earlier this year fessed up to writing defamatory anonymous reviews of competitors' work on...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2010
Is anonymous commenting ending on the web? New York Post writer thinks so…
The New York Post's Annie Karni wrote in a July 18 column that she believes recent lawsuits indicate Internet anonymity...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2010
Shirley Sherrod Plans to Sue Andrew Breitbart for NAACP Story
Shirley Sherrod, a former state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced at the National Association of Black Journalists...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2010
Slate Criticized for Critique of Politico’s Corrections
Slate published July 20 an article critiquing Politico for not disclosing corrections. However, the Slate article on Politico's corrections, by Jeremy...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2010
Essence Magazine Hired White Fashion Editor Elliana Placas–Was this a misstep?
Essence magazine has hired a new fashion editor, Elliana Placas. Ordinarily, a new fashion editor hiring wouldn't be any big...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2010
Australian Journalist Argues Online Linking Part of Transparency
Jacinda Woodhead wrote for the Australian Broadcast Corp. that in the interest of transparency, news organizations should link to source...