by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2016
Rolling Stone Lets El Chapo OK Sean Penn’s article before publication
Actor Sean Penn interviewed Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo, aka Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, for Rolling Stone magazine. And El...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2016
BuzzFeed Native Ad Deceptive, ‘Must Not Appear Again,’ UK Advertising Standards Authority says
A BuzzFeed UK advertorial (also known as native advertising and sponsored content) for the company Dylon was deceptive and readers...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2016
NPR Releases Photo Caption Guidelines
What standards does National Public Radio hold its photo captions to? Homepage editor Stephanie Federico laid out its guidelines for...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2016
Plagiarism in 3 Washington Post articles, 8 Paragraphs didn’t credit Government Executive
Three Washington Post articles by staffer Lisa Rein plagiarized from government news website Government Executive, the Post's Erik Wemple reported. Government...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 24, 2016
Local UK paper IDs ‘Caped Crusader’ on ‘Circumstantial Evidence,’ a ‘Serious Failure’ of Accuracy, says IPSO, UK regulator
Who was that masked man? A local UK newspaper thought it knew, but unleashed the UK regulator when it identified...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2016
Melissa Click Charged with 3rd Degree Assault over Mizzou Protest
Melissa Click, the assistant professor at the University of Missouri's communications department who called for "muscle" during a November student...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2016
Why was Israel replaced by Palestine in NPR Map? NPR Editor’s Note explains unpublishing
National Public Radio deleted a map illustration of the Middle East and North Africa that labeled Israel as Palestine and...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2016
New Ombudsman for Canadian Broadcasting Corp’s French Services
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has named Guy Gendron its next ombudsman for French Services, CBC / Radio-Canada. CBC also has...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2016
Melissa Click Suspended from Univ. of Missouri, Must do Community Service after Protest Incident
Melissa Click, an assistant professor in the University of Missouri's Department of Communication, must complete 20 hours of community service...