by Sydney Smith on Oct 08, 2012
Should the Guardian have Guidelines for Use of Sexual Language, Readers Editor Asks?
In an Oct. 7 column in response to reader complaints about sexual language in the newspaper, The Guardian's readers' editor...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2012
Iran News Agency: Sorry for Lifting Fake Story from the Onion on Obama, Ahmadinejad
Iran's Fars News Agency lifted a fake story by The Onion and ran it as fact, CNN reported. Fars News...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2012
Kato Kaelin Disputes NYPost Quote Attributed to Him
Kato Kaelin, the bit-part actor and drifter who was living at O.J. Simpson's house in Los Angeles at the time of Nicole...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2012
NYT Unpublishes Rape Victim’s Blog Quote to avoid ID’ing her
The New York Times unpublished a quote from a rape victim's blog because it could possibly identify the woman, Times...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2012
‘Democrat Party’ Not Accurate Terminology, NPR Ombuds Reminds
NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos blogged Sept. 12 to remind NPR's reporters that it is inaccurate to refer to the "Democrat...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2012
NBC’s Today Uses Footage of Wrong Football Player in Michael Vick Segment
NBC's Today show used footage of National Football League player Jerrod Johnson during its July 17 report on and interview...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 16, 2012
NewsDiffs to Record Changes to Stories on NYT, CNN, Politico, BBC
A new website will record changes to The New York Times, CNN, BBC and POLITICO's websites, The Times' public editor...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2012
UEFA Altered Euro2012 Footage to Show Pre-Game Video during Games, Calls it ‘Human Error’
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) altered Euro2012 footage during a game to make it look like a spectator...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2012
Liz Smith: ‘If I Had An Editor or a Publisher, Maybe I Wouldn’t have’ reported Nora Ephron’s Death ‘Hours’ Before it happened
Gossip columnist Liz Smith reported the death of writer Nora Ephron "hours" before it happened, the New York Times noted....