by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2012
New Burmese Press Council Drafts Ethics Code
Two months after being set up, Burma's Interim Press Council has "drafted a new 15-point code of ethics" for Burmese...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 26, 2012
BBC Radio Wrongly Reports Newspaper Closing, Newspaper Calls Story ‘Bizarre & Hugely Inaccurate’
BBC Radio Stoke apologized for a November report that the Northcliffe Media-owned Sentinel was closing, Hold the Front Page reported....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2012
Irish Daily Star Editor who published Topless Kate Middleton Pics Resigns
Irish Daily Star editor Michael O'Kane resigned this past week, two months after the newspaper ran topless photos of Kate...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2012
Phone Hacking Scandal Update: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Others Charged & Accused of Bribery
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, former News of the World editor and former communications director for UK Prime Minister...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2012
ITV Apologizes, Lord McAlpine Gets 2nd Libel Settlement over Child Sex Abuse Reporting
ITV agreed to pay Lord McAlpine $200,000 (£125,000) and costs in a settlement for McAlpine's libel claim against the outlet,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2012
RTE Settles Libel Lawsuit over 2009 Story, Issues Clarification that Woman Not ‘participant in or guilty of that fraud’
Irish public broadcaster RTE has issued a clarification in its libel settlement with a County Cork, Ireland woman named Mary...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2012
Guardian Cartoonist: Netanyahu Cartoon Not Anti-Semitism
Was the Guardian's cartoon picturing "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a puppet-master, controlling tiny versions of Foreign Secretary William...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 21, 2012
Reuters Retracts Story on Anonymous Source’s Video of ‘Nigerian Troops Shooting Unarmed Captives’
Reuters retracted a Nov. 18 story "reporting that a video showed Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives," according to a Nov....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 20, 2012
Philippines Forum Focuses on Reporting on Children, Social Media Ethics
The Philippines' Department of Social Welfare and Development hosted a "forum on Social Media Ethics" that also addressed "standards in...