by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2012
1st Twitter Libel Case: Lalit Modi to Pay $778K over Chris Cairns Match-Fixing Claims
In a verdict that may set a precedent, the UK High Court ordered Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi to...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2012
Al Jazeera Says Ethics Code Prevents its Airing of Video of French Shootings
Broadcaster Al Jazeera announced March 27 it won't "broadcast video footage of three deadly shootings in southern France filmed by...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
Houston Chronicle, CNN, US Weekly Publish Trayvon Martin Tweets from Fake Will Ferrell Account
CNN and the Houston Chronicle reported information from a Will Ferrell Twitter account that turned out to be fake, the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
PCC Upholds Complaint against Daily Mirror for Naming Minor in Article without Consent
The UK Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint about the Daily Mirror's January 4 story for identifying the complainant's minor-aged...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
EVENT: Belhaven University Holding PR, News and Broadcast Media Ethics Panel
Belhaven University's Communications Department is hosting a March 29 media ethics panel, according to a press release on its website....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2012
NYPost Errs in Photo Caption on NYPD Surveillance, Picture Shows NYPD Supporters, but Caption Says Protestors
The New York Post erred in its photo caption for a picture accompanying a March 25 article by Phil Mushnick,...
by David W. Moore on Mar 26, 2012
Is It Permissible for Reporters to Tell Half-Truths? The Case of CNN’s Anderson Cooper
COMMENTARY Selecting which facts to present in news stories is mostly a matter of judgment. Some alleged news organizations intentionally...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2012
EVENT: Canadian Journalists on Ethics, Regulation
Journalists discussed undercover reporting, the UK phone hacking scandal, media regulation, social media and more at a Toronto Star-sponsored March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2012
Israel’s Media Watch Praises New Ombudsman David Regev
The Jerusalem Post praised Israel's new ombudsman David Regev in a March 14 opinion column by Israel's Media Watch vice...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2012
WaPo Humor Columnist Apologizes for Error after Rush Limbaugh calls Out, Public Editor Calls Limbaugh’s Criticism ‘Rude’
Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri apologized to Rush Limbaugh for her March 7 column about advertisers on Limbaugh's shows,...