by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2012
NY Bill Proposes New Rules for Anonymous Commenting
A proposed New York state bill would ban anonymous commenting on the Internet, WIRED reported. The bill, titled the Internet...
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by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2012
Fox News Sort of Corrects Elizabeth Warren Plagiarism Report
As we wrote May 19, National Review corrected, unpublished and apologized for a report that wrongly accused Massachusetts Senate candidate...
by Sydney Smith on May 25, 2012
Daily Record Apologized but Broke PCC Code with Graphic Photo of Man Killed in Car Accident
The Daily Record violated the Press Complaints Commission's code of conduct in publishing a graphic photo of a man killed...
by Sydney Smith on May 22, 2012
UK Regulator: ITV News Use of ‘Coloured’ Offensive
The UK broadcast regulator OfCom found that UK's ITV News was offensive in calling athletes "coloured" but didn't "sanction" the...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2012
Organization of News Ombudsmen’s Annual Meeting this Week
The Organization of News Ombudsmen is having its annual conference this week in Copenhagen. The conference is from May 20...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2012
Los Angeles Times Corrects Correction
The Los Angeles Times corrected a correction May 19. The Los Angeles Times originally published a correction on May 18 about its...
by Sydney Smith on May 21, 2012
UK News Outlets Correct, Apologize, Pay for Wrong Al Qaeda Claims
Several UK news outlets apologized and corrected stories about an Algerian man named Farid Boukemiche, Tabloid Watch reported. The news outlets...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2012
Update on Police Subpoenas of Seattle Media Outlets for Unaired Protest Footage
As we wrote May 8, the Seattle police subpoenaed Seattle TV news KIRO-7 and five other news outlets (KOMO-4, KING-5...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2012
More Libel Claims against RTE for Mission to Prey Program
Kenyan bishop Philip Sulumeti is suing Irish public broadcaster RTE for its claims in the 2011 Prime Time Investigates "Mission...
by Sydney Smith on May 19, 2012
Australia’s The Age Defends 2010 Report on Political Database of Personal Info
The Age's editor-in-chief, Paul Ramadge, defended the newspaper's access of the "ALP electoral database in the lead-up to the 2010...