by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2011
Daily Mirror To Pay Less In Naomi Campbell Privacy Lawsuit
The Daily Mirror only has to pay some of the fees in a lawsuit stemming from its 2001 story on...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UK Frontline Club Members Uneasy About Wikileaks’ Assange Support?
The UK Frontline Club's founder Vaughn Smith has been an open supporter of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Assange stayed at...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Are Journalists Missing the Story?
Iowa State University's journalism school director Michael Bugeja questioned if the media is paying attention to the stories that matter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Is a Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
David Beckham Counters In Touch Lawsuit
As iMediaEthics previously reported, David Beckham called for a front page apology from In Touch magazine after it published a cover...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2011
Jamaica PM Bruce Golding Calls for Defamation Law Revisions
Jamaica's prime minister, Bruce Golding, called for reforms to the country's defamation laws, according to the Jamaica Observer. Last month,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2011
Top Ten Fake News Stories from China
Shanghai Daily reported a list of ten top fake news stories out of Chinese media in 2010. According to the Shanghai...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Rudolph Elmer, Swiss Banker’s WikiLeaks Threat? 2,000 Off-Shore Account Doc Leaked Today
Rudolph Elmer reportedly is turning over "The offshore bank account details of 2,000 'high net worth individuals' and corporations –...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Toronto Star Readers Asked to Weigh In on Controversial Editorial Decisions
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English posed a series of editorial decisions to the Star's readers last week. English asked...