by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2011
WaPo Public Editor: WaPo Could Have Waited on Chocolate Milk Story when Mayor is Arrested
Washington D.C.'s mayor, Vincent C. Gray, and six city council members went to jail "to protest a federal budget deal...
Standards
by Sydney Smith on Apr 24, 2011
The Hindu Adds Editorial Values Code To Keep 1.2 Million Readers’ Trust
Indian newspaper The Hindu has created an editorial values code, San Serif blogged. But, while the board of directors OK'ed...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 21, 2011
SA Media Self-Regulation Replaced By Gov. Control If New Law Passed
Will a proposed South African media law make it easier for propaganda to get in the newspapers and to give...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 21, 2011
UK Political Leader Ed Miliband says Newspapers Need Review After Phone Hacking Scandal
Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK Labour Party and a Parliament member, has called for an "independent review of...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2011
Why LA Times Published the Word ‘Faggot’ in Kobe Bryant Story
The Los Angeles Times published the word "faggot" in its story about NBA Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant being...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2011
NYT Posted Original Gaza Story on Front Page, but Story about Retraction not until Page A10?
Readers have complained over the New York Times' placement of Richard Goldstone's retraction of claims about Gaza, according to Arthur Brisbane,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2011
Mail & Guardian Ombudsman Questions Media Reporting of Accused Murderer
The Mail & Guardian's ombudsman, Franz Krüger, questioned the media reporting of Shrien Dewani, a man who is "wanted by...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2011
Newspaper Retracts Story that Named Child Witness to Crime
The UK Press Complaints Commission reported that the Daily Record has retracted and unpublished an article about a shooting. The...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2011
Pakistan Needs Media Ethics Says Journalist Malik Ayub Sumbal
Pakistan has a yellow journalism problem, according to Pakistani journalist Malik Ayub Sumbal, who took on the topic in a...