by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2011
WikiLeaks Website was attacked, Posts 130K+ Cables
The WikiLeaks website was attacked yesterday, according to WikiLeaks. The attacker is unknown, the Associated Press reported. The Associated Press explained that...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Protesters accuse Thailand Reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn of Breaking Ethics Standards
Ten "red-shirt supporters" protested a Thailand reporter Somjit Nawakruasunthorn who interviewed the prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, the Bangkok Post reported....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Daily Express Incorrectly Reports Net Migration Statistic as Immigration
The blog Tabloid Watch called out the UK Daily Express for incorrectly reporting statistics in an Aug 26 cover story....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2011
Court Orders Canadian Blogger’s Identity to be Outed
An anonymous blogger who posted comments accused of defamation will be revealed, according to Law Times News. The blogger, who...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2011
WikiLeaks Accuses Guardian of Breaking Agreement, Providing Password to Now Leaked CableGate Docs, Guardian Denies
WikiLeaks began publishing from its cache of 250,000 + leaked U.S. diplomatic cables last November. Initially, the leak-publishing website linked...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2011
WikiLeaks Publishes all Diplomatic Cables, Unredacted
In light of the leak of a full unredacted copy of the diplomatic cables that make up what WIkiLeaks calls...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
Splash News and Photo Agency Apologizes, Pays for Invading Privacy
Splash, a UK "news and photo agency" apologized to actor David Walliams and model Lara Stone, Journalism.co.uk reported. The married couple had...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Thailand’s lèse-majesté Law Prohibits Criticism of Royal Family, Did Anonymous Comments Break Law?
In a Sept. 1 post, PBS Media Shift highlighted Thailand's lèse-majesté laws, which make it a criminal charge to "defame"...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
More Censorship, Propaganda at Two Chinese Newspapers?
The Guardian reported that Beijing's propaganda bureau will now be in charge of newspapers the Beijing Times and the Beijing...