by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2018
Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets New Ombudsman, Jan Schaffer
Jan Schaffer is the next ombudsman at the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, the CPB announced in an April 26 press...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Apr 25, 2018
South Africa’s Sunday World must apologize to football club Kaizer Chiefs
South Africa's Sunday World was issued the journalism equivalent of a yellow card. That is, the newspaper must apologize to the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2018
Michael Cohen lists Sean Hannity as a client, Hannity says Cohen ‘never represented me’ to a third party
Sean Hannity is a client of Michael Cohen, the personal attorney to Pres. Donald Trump who is currently under investigation,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2018
LBC Radio says Travellers are ‘Thieving, Robbing or Brawling’
LBC Radio host Steve Allen crossed a line in talking about the traveller community during a December broadcast, the UK...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2018
9 Times the New York Times changed articles without disclosure & confused readers
The New York Times' practice of updating online articles, sometimes substantially, without disclosing additions and edits, is continuing to irk readers....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2018
Story on ‘Murderous Rampage’ & Award for Man who Stopped it wasn’t Intrusive or Wrong
Last January in St. Ives, England, a man in a jealous rage attacked his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend with a knife,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2018
Sunday Times fires editor after conflict of interest
The Sunday Times of South Africa fired deputy editor of politics and commentary Jan-Jan Joubert after he didn't disclose a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 08, 2018
NZ Press Council: Column on Maori was ‘Mean, Malicious & Infantile’
The National Business Review, a weekly New Zealand newspaper, published a column that was "mean, malicious and infantile," the New...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2018
Mail Online falsely claimed man was bankrupt, did not contact him for verification
The Mail Online reported on a woman's claims that she was duped into dating a man who was bankrupt after...