by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
MediaBistro to ABC: Stop overusing ‘Exclusive’
MediaBistro's Fishbowl DC called out ABC News for its tagging stories "exclusive." According to Fishbowl DC, ABC News's adding a...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2011
PCC to Create ‘Best Practices’ List?
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade reported that the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission's director, Stephen Abell, has been...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AFP Retracts Story Linking Le Monde Fiction Story with French Stock Selling
Agence France-Presse (AFP) retracted a story suggesting that French newspaper Le Monde was "the source of false information that has...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
LATimes Updates Style guide on Latino, Hispanic
The Los Angeles Times has revised its style guide entries for Latino and Hispanic, the newspaper's readers representative Deirdre Edgar wrote...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
BBC Makes Libel Payout for Panorama Documentary
The BBC is paying an undisclosed amount of money in a libel payment to Italian company the Marcucci Group after...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
Shirley Sherrod’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Andrew Breitbart OK’ed by Court
The Legal Times reported July 28 that Shirley Sherrod's lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart will not be dismissed. According to the Legal Times,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
Columbia Journalism Review Criticizes News Outlets for Not Having Correction Policies/Practices Published
Professor Justin D. Martin called out news outlets for having insufficient corrections policies or practices in a recent post for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2011
Richard Jewell Libel Lawsuit against Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dismissed
A libel lawsuit against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for its stories linking Richard Jewell to the 1996 Olympic bombing has been...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2011
Ecuador’s President Wins Libel Suit, Four Journalists Sentenced to Jail
Four Ecuadorian journalists have been sentenced to jail after Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, sued them for libel, the BBC reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2011
Will NOTW Scandal Affect Indian Media?
The Economic Times questioned if media outlets in India will "learn the Murdoch lessons." As a result of the scandal...