by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2014
100 Complaints after Sky News Outs Twitter Troll Later Found Dead
Sky News outed a woman named Brenda Leyland as running a Twitter account that tweeted abusive comments toward Kate and...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2014
Naked, murdered body aired on Vermont TV in Crime scene photo
WCAX, a CBS affiliate news station based in Burlington, Vt., showed a "photo of [Melissa] Jenkins' nude body, face-down underwater...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 09, 2014
NYTimes apologized after racism complaints for India cartoon
The New York Times apologized after publishing a cartoon many readers found racist against India. The Sept. 28 cartoon showed...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2014
Guardian pays criminal for column that didn’t ‘glorify’ crime
Even though it's not normally acceptable to pay a criminal to write about their crimes, the now-shuttered Press Complaints Commission...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2014
ESPN not hosting male-only domestic violence program, Esquire corrects error
ESPN isn't hosting a male-only panel on domestic violence tonight. Esquire apologized for wrongly making that claim in a Sept....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2014
Fake Sheikh undercover reporter’s lack of credibility tanks another UK Prosecutor’s case
Mazher Mahmood, the controversial undercover journalist for News Corp's UK titles, has been held responsible for another criminal case being...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2014
BBC won’t show accused child sex abuser Jimmy Savile on air to protect victims
The BBC won't use any old footage of its longtime host Jimmy Savile in its programs under a policy to...
by David W. Moore on Sep 25, 2014
The Public Supports Bombing ISIS – So What?
A new Gallup poll suggests that most Americans back President Obama’s decision to take military action against Islamic militants in...
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
Church of Scientology didn’t kill Michael Brown, NYTimes corrects
Did the Church of Scientology have anything to do with the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri? Apparently not,...