by Sydney Smith on Mar 30, 2014
Pele NOT dead, CNN’s New Day Deletes Tweet
CNN apologized after wrongly reporting on one of its Twitter accounts that soccer star Pele died. CNN's New Day tweeted,...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 29, 2014
SELF Mag Mocks Tutu-Wearing Cancer Patient? ‘It was a stupid mistake,’ Apologizes 5 times
After a massive online blowback, SELF magazine apologized for criticizing two L.A. Marathon runners who wore tutus during the race,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2014
Closer Mag must pay $20k, Julie Gayet Hunted as ‘Wild Animal,’ Rumored French Prez girlfriend
French actress Julie Gayet won her privacy lawsuit against French magazine Closer over photos alleging she was having an affair...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2014
UK Singer: Don’t Photograph ‘my babies,’ Mail Online sued for Violating Privacy
British singer Paul Weller is suing the UK Mail Online for invasion of privacy because the Mail published photos of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2014
Journalism ethics in local reporting, Indiana Univ. of Penn. Symposium
What are the ethical challenges in local news reporting? Indiana University of Pennsylvania is hosting a journalism ethics symposium March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2014
Obamas Photoshopped into Apes, Belgian newspaper apologizes for ‘tasteless joke’
Belgian newspaper De Morgen apologized for doctoring photos to show Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. De Morgen is a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2014
Did NJ Police Charge Dead Man with Heroin Possession?
The New Jersey Asbury Park Press wrongly reported that Jackson, New Jersey police charged a man with heroin possession AFTER...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2014
Did BBC Put Unwitting Students at Risk in North Korea? Apologizes for Undercover Report
What were BBC editors and producers thinking when they put college students at risk in North Korea? BBC has since...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2014
No link of hooliganism and Hillsborough’s 96 Dead, UK paper apologizes to Victims’ families, readers
The UK Reading Chronicle apologized this week for an article linking hooligans to the 1989 Hillsborough stadium tragedy. Hillsborough was...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2014
‘Article calls Ann Rule a liar,’ Seattle judge rules protected free speech
Seattle Superior Court Judge Laura Inveen dismissed true-crime author Ann Rule's libel lawsuit, ruling that an article in the Seattle...