by Sydney Smith on Sep 13, 2014
Royal Prank Call Inquest: Australian radio host apologizes to nurse
The Westminster Coroners' Court opened an inquest to investigate the death of Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse at King Edward VII...
International Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2014
Why Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Won’t Unpublish Couple’s story of arrest
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation won't unpublish articles, CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin reminded readers in a Sept. 3 column. A husband and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2014
NBC News Paid for Exclusive Access to Oscar Pistorius House
NBC News paid "a nominal location fee" to have exclusive access to Oscar Pistorius's former home, according to Media Bistro's...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2014
Will Guardian stop using term ‘illegal immigrant’?
Will The Guardian stop using the term "illegal immigrant?" Though not unwilling to make a change, The Guardian hasn't decided...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2014
‘Almost all the blacks in his book are victims,’ Economist said in review, hides byline
The Economist apologized and retracted a book review that criticized the book for its negative portrayal of white and black...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2014
ISIS Beheadings Staged? Al Jazeera Unpublishes, Retracts ‘Inaccurate’ Story
Al Jazeera unpublished an article claiming U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff's beheadings were staged. The terrorist group ISIS...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2014
Steven Sotloff Beheading; Which Newspapers used images from video?
Even though Twitter threatened to suspend users who posted images or video from the beheading video of U.S. journalist James...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2014
NYT used one image from ‘despicable’ Steven Sotloff beheading video, Revealed he was Jewish
The New York Times only used one image of terrorist group ISIS's video showing the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2014
Times of India Requires Access to Journalists’ Social Media accounts?
The Times of India's new social media policy has gained some attention for going too far in restricting journalists and...