by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2016
News & Observer on Trial for Libel
The Raleigh News & Observer newspaper is fighting a libel lawsuit over its 2010 investigative reporting that included claims that a...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2016
Billy Bush suspended over Trump Access Hollywood tape
NBC's Today show suspended host Billy Bush, former president George H.W. Bush's nephew and cousin to former president George W. Bush...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2016
Weather Channel Anchor says Children in Haiti eat Trees in Hurricane Matthew Coverage, Apologizes
The Weather Channel's Jennifer Delgado apologized after saying that Haitian children eat trees. What prompted her inaccurate comments? Delgado was talking...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2016
Globe & Mail Stands by Story on Racial Slurs at Orioles-BlueJays Game
It was fair and accurate for the Globe and Mail to report that some fans attending a Baltimore Orioles-Toronto Blue...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 08, 2016
Welsh Editor Fined for Naming 17-Year-Old Charged for Crashing a Boat
A Welsh editor, Thomas Sinclair of the Pembrokeshire Herald, was fined after he named a minor who was charged after he...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 07, 2016
Why Honolulu Civil Beat Published Video of Mayor’s ‘Profanity-Laced Toast’
The Honolulu Civil Beat published a video of Hawai'i Island Mayor Billy Kenoi giving a "profanity-laced toast" that showed him...
by on Oct 06, 2016
BuzzFeed Hacked after story IDing OurMine Hacker, ‘Several Posts’ Edited
The secretive hacking group known as OurMine sabotaged BuzzFeed's website and changed "several posts" on Oct. 5, BuzzFeed reported yesterday. According...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2016
Fox News’ Jesse Watters apologizes after Asian American Journalists Association complaint over election segment ‘rife with racist stereotypes’
The Asian American Journalists Association called for Fox News to apologize for a segment that was "rife with racist stereotypes,...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2016
News UK’s Mazher Mahmood found guilty after undercover Tulisa sting trial
Mazher Mahmood, the undercover reporter for the UK Sun and the shuttered-News of the World known as the the "fake...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2016
NZ Radio Host Miles Davis Complains over Spinoff Homophobic Article
New Zealand news site The Spinoff called a radio host named Miles Davis homophobic but didn't include any evidence for...