by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2013
[Video Animation] Mike Forsythe Leaves Bloomberg News
Michael Forsythe confirmed on Twitter this week that he is no longer with Bloomberg News. I can confirm that...
Media Business Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2013
Piers Morgan Tweets Sarah Palin Satire Story, Denies he was Hoaxed
It's another Sarah Palin, Breitbart News, Piers Morgan dust-up. CNN's Morgan tweeted a link to an article that mocked Sarah...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2013
‘Hunting Ground for Sexual Predators?’ York Univ. Sues Toronto Life for Libel
Canada's York University is suing Toronto Life magazine over an October article about the university, the Toronto Star reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2013
NBC News Licenses Skydiver Video, Paid $100K, Wash Post Reports
NBC News "licensed" a video for news reports -- meaning it coughed up cash for rights to a video, and...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 09, 2013
Globe & Mail Deletes Pic of Rob Ford’s Children Trick-or-Treating for Privacy
The Globe and Mail unpublished a photo of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's children trick-or-treating with him out of interest for their privacy. The Canadian...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 06, 2013
Where is Garden State Plaza Mall? Conflicting Reports from News Outlets
Where, oh where, is the Garden State Plaza Mall? The shopping mall was on lockdown Nov. 4 after reports of...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 05, 2013
‘Is it even worth covering media mistakes?’ Politico asks
In response to breaking news errors in reporting on last week's shooting at Los Angeles airport, Politico's Dylan Byers asked...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2013
4 Errors in Slate’s Report on BuzzFeed Foreign News
Slate added a long correction on an article about BuzzFeed "going multilingual." The Slate article, by Evgeny Morozov, is titled:...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2013
NYT Error, Tweets Not From Al-Shabab
The New York Times wrongly quoted from a Twitter account it thought was associated with al-Shabab on its report on...