by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2014
Canadian college newspaper admits plagiarism, then deletes it?
The Brock Press admitted plagiarizing from a website but then deleted its confession. On Sept. 17, the Brock Press, the...
Unpublishing
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2014
Ray Rice ESPN Ombudsman review, Not yanked, ESPN had tech problem
ESPN didn't unpublish its ombudsman's review of the media company's coverage of Ray Rice. Both the Big Lead and Mediaite...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2014
‘Drunk Female Guests’ cause Fraternity Problems? Forbes axes writer
"Drunk female guests are the gravest threat to fraternities." Believe it or not, that was an actual headline for an...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2014
Where’s the ‘Right to be Forgotten’? What’s the point if media re-report stories meant to be forgotten?
The "Right to Be Forgotten" refers to a ruling by a EU Court of Justice this year allowing people in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2014
Why Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Won’t Unpublish Couple’s story of arrest
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation won't unpublish articles, CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin reminded readers in a Sept. 3 column. A husband and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2014
ISIS Beheadings Staged? Al Jazeera Unpublishes, Retracts ‘Inaccurate’ Story
Al Jazeera unpublished an article claiming U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff's beheadings were staged. The terrorist group ISIS...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2014
‘No content has been Deleted,’ Patch explains why stories have gone missing
Did hyperlocal news site Patch delete a mass amount of stories? That's how it appeared when David Rotenstein, a historian...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 21, 2014
BuzzFeed Unpublishes approx. 5,000 posts unfit for ‘editorial standards’
BuzzFeed unpublished more than 4,900 posts in April, Gawker reported. While BuzzFeed didn't confirm the number to Gawker, Gawker compared...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2014
Source lied about his HIV story, Washington Post unpublishes
The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....