by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
Myanmar Media Outlets Censored, Publications Suspended this Summer
Even though the Myanmar government announced last year it was ending prior censorship at 178 of its 358 media outlets...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
TIME Corrects Story to add Attribution after Complaint
TIME magazine corrected a July 28 article after apparently lifting a quote and sentence from the New York Post's story...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2012
Canadian Mayor Claims Website Ran Libel and Errors, Doesn’t Take Press Council Up on Offer to Mediate
After being criticized by the local mayor, The Rossland Telegraph wrote that it follows the British Columbia's Press Council's Code...
by London Shearer Allen on Aug 04, 2012
Irish Examiner says ‘NO’ to Fark Racial Stereotype
Commentary Hilary Hanson's lede in The Huffington Post August 1 article "Body Painting World Record Attempt Leads to Thong Shortage...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
NPR Ombuds on Intern Ahmad Shafi’s Plagiarism, a ‘Cultural Gap’ in Int’l Ethics Education
National Public Radio's ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos addressed intern Ahmad Shafi's plagiarism in an online column and defended NPR's decision "not...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
China’s Metropolis Times: Sorry for Saying Teen Athlete was ‘Shameful’
China's The Metropolis Times apologized for calling a Chinese teenager competing at the Olympics "the most shameful defeat for Chinese...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Book with Fake Quotes Recalled by UK, US Publishers
As we wrote earlier this week, Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine was revealed to include fake quotes attributed to Bob Dylan....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
Times of Malta Sued for Libel after Reporting UK Times’ Undercover Olympic Ticket Story
Malta's Olympic Committee chairman Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco is suing the Times of Malta for libel after it reported about...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2012
Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson Charged in Phone Hacking Investigation
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson have been charged with "conspiring to intercept the communications of at least 600 people between...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2012
Iowa TV News Gives Police Footage of Interview with Missing Child’s Mother
Iowa NBC-affiliate KWWL was subpoeaned for its "raw, unedited" footage of an interview with the mother of a missing child,...