by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
Diane Sawyer to Clarify after Alabama Tornado Report Criticized by Local Meteorologist
Diane Sawyer's World News program plans to clarify its Jan. 23 report on an Alabama tornado after complaints from a Birmingham...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
Roundup – Misreporting of Joe Paterno’s Death: Corrections, Retractions, Apologies and Social Media
As has been much documented, several media outlets misreported that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died Jan. 21. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 31, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Apologizes for Wrong Blogpost Critical of WaPo
The Washington Post's public editor, Patrick Pexton, apologized Jan. 23 for an inaccurate Jan. 20 blogpost in which he criticized...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2012
What is Journalistic Purpose of CNN News Show’s Crank Calls?
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart slammed CNN for a segment of its new morning news program, Early Start, Talking Points Memo...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2012
Nairobi Star Ran 2009 al Shabaab Story as News in 2012, Based Story on Tweets
The Nairobi Star's public editor Karen Rothmyer reported that the newspaper ran old news as if it were new in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2012
Journalism Conference in Mysore, India Calls for Self-Regulation of Media, but what about Press Council?
A former Indian state ombudsman, Santoch N Hegde, called for self-regulation in Mysore's media at a Jan. 26 journalism discussion,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2012
PolitiFact Oregon Reverses a Ruling, Corrects Claim about Party Endorsement
PolitiFact Oregon corrected its Jan. 18 ruling that "Republican Rob Cornilles had the endorsements of a variety of local mayors,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2012
Journalist Says NYT Made ‘Lazy ReWrite’ in Late December Ron Paul Story, NYT Defends
Journalist Julian Sanchez accused the New York Times of publishing a "very light, very lazy rewrite" of a 2008 article...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2012
SPJ Ethics Committee on Checkbook Journalism
The Society of Professional Journalists' ethics committee has published the third in its series of "position papers" about journalism ethics....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2012
OfCom: ITV News ‘Mislead’ Viewers with Two Video Segments
OfCom ruled Jan. 23 that UK broadcaster ITV News broke OfCom standards by airing two segments with incorrect footage in September,...