by Sydney Smith on Oct 25, 2019
OK to call child killer ‘freak of nature’ & report on sexuality
News.com.au called a child who killed another child in 1993 a "freak of nature" and reported on the killer's sexuality....
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2019
LBC Radio aired paid interview without disclosure
LBC Radio in England aired a paid interview with a healthcare provider called Bupa, but didn't disclose it to listeners....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2019
BBC guest said there should be Brexit riots
A BBC guest, Brendan O'Neill, the editor of Spiked!, commented "there should be" riots surrounding Brexit. Then, 585 people filed...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 07, 2019
Prince Harry & Meghan Markle get Sun correction & unpublishing after complaint to press regulator
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle used the UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation to get a correction from...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2019
NZ News Site Shouldn’t have used Old Drinking Photo 3 times
New Zealand's largest news site, Stuff, and its sister newspaper, The Press, broke press guidelines because they have used the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2019
OK to publish picture of unresponsive man on bench, press regulator rules
It was OK for the Dundee UK Evening Telegraph to publish a photo of an unnamed unresponsive man slumped over...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2019
Press regulator’s 5 Year Anniversary, 65K complaints
The UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation has received more than 65,000 complaints and inquiries in its 5...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 26, 2019
OK to report air passenger was obese
It wasn't discriminatory for Newshub to highlight the fact that an airline passenger was obese, the New Zealand Media Council...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2019
Guardian readers editor slams David Cameron ‘privileged pain’ column
The Guardian "woefully misjudged" when it published an editorial calling former UK prime minister David Cameron's pain "privileged," Guardian readers...