by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Babble Apologizes for Plagiarism
Walt Disney Company-owned parenting website Babble announced March 13 that it fired one of its writers for plagiarism. According to...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2012
Public Radio’s This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey FoxConn Story with Fabrications
Public radio program This American Life retracted a report on Apple by Mike Daisey that was "the single most popular...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Former Newspaper Association Prez Accused of ‘Serial Plagiarism’
Poynter's Craig Silverman and Andrew Beaujon highlighted a shocking case of plagiarism by a former North Dakota Newspaper Association president,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2012
Tanzanian Media Council Calls for Newspaper to Apologize for ‘False, Malicious & Defamatory’ Stories
The ethics committee for Tanzania's Media Council called on newspaper Dira ya Mtanzania to apologize for its "series of false,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2012
Former NOTW Reporter Neville Thurlbeck Arrested Again, Police Reps Report on Closeness Btwn Media & Police at Leveson Inquiry
Former News of the World reporter Jeff Edwards told the Leveson Inquiry March 14 that his former editor at the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
CJR Criticizes Bloomberg News’ Policy on Reporting on Itself, Parent Company
Columbia Journalism Review's Ryan Chittum questioned Bloomberg News's lack of reporting on its owner, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
Nepali Journalist: Media Needs to be ‘Responsible to Society’
Nepali journalist Kishore Nepal addressed the change in Nepal's media during his 30-year-plus career, Nepal Monitor reported. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
CNN Errs in Phone Hacking Report: Says Coulson Wasn’t Arrested, when he was in July
During March 13's CNN Newsroom program, host Ashleigh Banfield spoke with CNN's senior international correspondent Matthew Chance about the March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2012
Cyprus Media Criticized over Reporting on Foreigners
Cyprus's media ethics committee criticized the Cyprus press for "the way the media deals with foreigners’ deaths, raising issues of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2012
Rebekah Brooks Arrested Again in Phone Hacking Investigation
Six people, including former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie Brooks, were arrested March 13 for questioning...