by Sydney Smith on Jul 01, 2015
Why It Would Have been OK to Write The N-Word in reporting on Obama’s interview
It would have been OK for news outlets to spell out the n-word when reporting last week on President Barack...
Hate Speech
by Sydney Smith on Jun 24, 2014
Are Journalists obliged to end stereotypes & hate speech in reporting? [Oslo Media Ethics event]
"What ethical responsibility do journalists have to eliminate hate speech and stereotypical reporting?" EuroPride Oslo 2014 is hosting a journalism...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times blocks its commenters for ‘negativity, racism, hate speech’… ‘temporarily’
The Chicago Sun-Times is fed up with their commenters' behavior, which the editors describe without varnish as often "a morass...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2013
Indigenous People Protest ‘Hate Speech’ in Nanaimo Daily News, Will Boycott Newspaper’s Printing Service
Indigenous people opened their newspapers last week in Western Canada to read, in a letter from a reader, that their race...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2013
Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army
Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2012
Syrian Group Claims French Mag’s Muhammad Cartoons Prompted ‘Discrimination, hatred or violence’
The Syrian Freedom Association claims French magazine Charlie Hebdo's publication of Muhammad cartoons were "publicly provoking discrimination, hatred or violence of...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2012
Bolivian News Agency, Newspapers Accused of ‘Inciting Racism’
Bolovia's government claims that Bolivian news agency Fides News Agency's report, published by the agency and two newspapers, on the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2012
KLTA Reporter’s Twitter Hacked, Posts N-Word, Later Criticizes Gawker for Questioning the Hack
KTLA's entertainment reporter, Sam Rubin, called out Gawker for a post about his Twitter account. Gawker had reported on Rubin's...
by London Shearer Allen on Jul 10, 2012
Why Did NY1 Include Sensational Quote in Swastika Vandalism Report?
In the dark of night on June 14, 2012, vandals spray painted symbols of hate in a largely Jewish neighborhood...