by Sydney Smith on Dec 12, 2017
Geoffrey Rush suing Australian newspaper for ‘inappropriate behavior’ claim
The Australian Daily Telegraph reported, in their Nov. 30 edition, that actor Geoffrey Rush had been accused of "inappropriate behavior."...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 11, 2017
NPR’s Blue Apron Cookbook Segment wasn’t a Sponsored Story, Ombuds says
Was an NPR holiday cooking segment featuring a Blue Apron cookbook paid for by Blue Apron? Listeners thought so, NPR's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2017
Student newspaper retracts published letter to editor from anti-LGBT group founder
The Miami Student unpublished a letter to the editor after it learned the author of the letter is affiliated with an...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2017
Melania Trump settles libel suit with magazine that called her an escort
Slovenian magazine Suzy claimed Melania Trump worked as an escort. Trump sued, and now the magazine and Trump have settled, the Associated...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2017
CNN corrects Trump, WikiLeaks story, claiming anonymous sources provided the wrong date
A CNN report, based on anonymous sources, said that Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., received an e-mail...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2017
MSNBC axes, re-instates Sam Seder after 2009 Roman Polanski rape tweet
Earlier this week, MSNBC ended Sam Seder's contract after a 2009 tweet he wrote about rape resurfaced. But, MSNBC has...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2017
ABC News reports Michael Slager sentencing before it happened
Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot the unarmed black motorist Walter Scott in the back...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2017
BBC News shows photos of wrong men in story on Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor’s death
When airing a news story on the death of a famous actor, it helps if you show pictures of the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2017
Leonard Lopate, Jonathan Schwartz on leave after ‘allegations of inappropriate conduct’
New York public radio station WNYC put two of its hosts, Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz, on leave while it...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2017
Iowa radio fires 2 after they called high school athletes ‘Espanol people’
Iowa radio station KIOW fired host Orin Harris and producer Holly Jane Kusserow-Smidt after they said some high school basketball...