by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2019
NYT ‘underplayed’ E. Jean Carroll Trump claims
The New York Times "underplayed" its reporting on E. Jean Carroll's allegations of sexual assault against Pres. Donald Trump, the...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2019
Australian TV must retrain, review processes
Australia's Channel Seven must review its processes and retrain staff after last year's program about Indigenous children. The Australian broadcasting...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 25, 2019
‘Nutty professor’ doesn’t mean mental illness, press council finds
Calling a university lecturer "the nutty professor" isn't akin to claiming the person has a mental illness, the Australian Press...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2019
Toronto Sun called nurse ‘poverty pimp,’ claim unfair
It was unfair for the Toronto Sun to call Canadian street nurse and advocate for the homeless Cathy Crowe a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2019
News Corp paper didn’t disclose conflict of interest in sports reports
Australia's Sunday Mail had a conflict of interest when it published three front page stories about the fees sports teams...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2019
Showing 12-year-old in Footage of Knife Attack not Invasion of privacy
It wasn't an invasion of privacy for Sky News to show an unrelated 12-year-old girl in a news report about...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2019
No, town isnt banning Winnie the Pooh, Herald Sun’s gender ban story wrong
The Australian Herald Sun claimed last year that a new local council was "auditing libraries, schools and kindergartens" to remove...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2019
Australian Defence Force didn’t ‘ban’ using him & her pronouns, Daily Telegraph wrong
The Australian Daily Telegraph wrongly reported that a new guidebook for the Australian Defence Force instructed soldiers not to use...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 04, 2019
OK to show picture of 15-year-old threatening to stab passengers despite press guidelines, IPSO says
Even though the UK has strict guidelines for reporting on children, it was OK for the Brighton Argus to publish...