by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2017
‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed’s libel lawsuits dismissed
"Clock Boy," aka Ahmed Mohamed, lost his libel lawsuit against Glenn Beck and TheBlaze over Beck's on-air comments about the...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2017
Post-Brexit, UK doesn’t have ‘Ten Times Bigger’ than EU Trading Zone, Express Corrects
The Sunday Express brought new meaning to the term "blowing things out of proportion." That is, the UK newspaper claimed...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2017
Plagiarism in 7 Monica Crowley Washington Times Columns?
Former Fox News commentator Monica Crowley plagiarized in at least seven of her Washington Times columns, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2017
Why BuzzFeed published Unverified Trump Intel Dossier (And Why Others Didn’t)
Everyone is abuzz after BuzzFeed published an unverified document alleging to be a round-up of Donald Trump intel memos. BuzzFeed...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2017
Shiva Ayyadurai suing TechDirt over Stories Saying He Didn’t Invent E-mail
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is suing TechDirt, a group business blog, for $15 million over articles disputing his claims that he...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2017
Monica Crowley Plagiarism Scandal: What Happened
In the wake of her appointment as the senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council under Donald...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2017
3 Viral Media Goofs in January
We're just a week into the new year, and there have already been a few high-profile flops in the news....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 07, 2017
Calgary Sun apologizes after ‘Wait Watchers’ Headline in Health Story
The Calgary Sun apologized after using a "Wait Watchers" headline that seemingly mocked the Alberta Health Minister, Sarah Hoffman. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2017
Teen Quoted Hitler’s Mein Kampf in Yearbook, Belfast Telegraph didn’t invade privacy in report
It was fair game for the Belfast Telegraph to report that a teenager quoted from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2017
UK TV Station Fined for ‘slay a Jew’ comment
Broadcasting antisemitic content in the UK can be expensive. Mohiuddin Digital Television learned this when its UK television station, Noor...