by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2020
How the Guardian decides to call an attack ‘terrorism’
The Guardian doesn't call an attack terrorism until authorities do, new Guardian readers editor Elisabeth Ribbans explained. The issue came...
Terrorism
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2020
UK news broke guidelines with ‘highly disturbing’ footage of NZ terror attack
UK TV news channel Geo News broke broadcasting standards when it broadcast graphic and violent footage of the Christchurch, New...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2019
Australian news outlets that aired NZ mosque attacks won’t be punished
Australian news outlets technically may have broken press guidelines when they published live video of the New Zealand mosque attacks,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2019
New Zealand Terror Attack: Mail deletes manifesto, Mirror ‘should not have carried’ video
UK tabloids including the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail initially published and then deleted propaganda from the accused attacker...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 06, 2018
Was Quoting from ISIS Terror Guide Offensive or in Public Interest?
Australia's News.com.au published an article about ISIS's new "terror guide" which included excerpts from the terrorist group's "step-by-step guide on...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2018
Were Mail Online’s Tweets about Car Accident Wrong?
In an era of heightened fears of terrorist attacks, the media has a responsibility to clearly report breaking news in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2017
Daily Star Published Photo of Person who wasn’t missing in Ariana Grande Manchester Bombing
In the panic after the Manchester bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert earlier this year, which killed 22 and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2017
UK Channel 4 named wrong terror suspect, regulator says ‘serious inaccuracy’
British television news channel Channel 4 named the wrong man as responsible for the March 2017 Westminster attack in London....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2017
London Bridge attacker didn’t work at KFC, Daily Telegraph Corrects
When a terror attack occurs, the media scrambles to report anything and everything they can about the perpetrators. Unfortunately, there...
by Sydney Smith on May 27, 2017
Katie Hopkins tweet that got her fired? ‘We need a final solution #manchester’
Controversial columnist and radio host Katie Hopkins is out at LBC Radio after her tweet about the Manchester bombing. In the...