by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2018
OK to Quote from Reader E-mail, Not Invasion, Media Council Says
It was OK to publish quotes from an e-mail from a reader to a journalist since the writer didn't indicate...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2018
Nikki Haley Curtain Article Gave ‘Unfair Impression,’ New York Times admits
The New York Times admitted its article about a $52,701 curtain purchase gave an "unfair impression" that Nikki Haley, the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2018
NPR: Freelancer Recycled interviews in 157 Reports
NPR completed its review of Danielle Karson's freelance work for the organization. It found "at least 157 of those reports"...
by on Sep 13, 2018
DC Metro Theater Arts deletes review of ‘insensitive glorification of 19th-century Orientalism’
DC Metro Theater Arts, a performing arts website for Washington D.C., unpublished this summer a review of the play The Mikado after...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2018
Indigenous Report on Australia’s Channel Seven Broke Broadcast Rules
A program on Australia's Channel Seven suggested that a "'generation' of young Indigenous children [were] being abused." This disturbing pronouncement...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2018
Who will be next PBS public editor? Madhulika Sikka leaves for WashPost
The search for a new PBS ombudsman, or public editor, is on again. Madhulika Sikka, who had been in the role...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2018
Mail Online’s bogus Heimlich story finally gets correction
Earlier this year, the UK Mail Online claimed an Irish comedian performed the Heimlich maneuver on a fan who was...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2018
Houston Chronicle reporter resigns, paper can’t find sources
The Houston Chronicle cannot find sources from reporter Mike Ward's recent work, leading to Ward's resignation from the newspaper. Nancy...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2018
5 Questions New York Times’ anonymous OpEd raises
The New York Times' decision last week to publish an op-ed by an anonymous author has stirred considerable controversy and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 09, 2018
Belfast Telegraph’s story on same-sex partnership not an invasion of privacy
It was OK for the Belfast Telegraph to report on the same-sex civil partnership of two women, even though the...