by Sydney Smith on Jan 27, 2011
Blogger ‘Old Word Wolf’ Criticizes Fla Newspaper for Plagiarism, Errors
Blogger "Old Word Wolf" called Roger Button of the Venice Gondolier Sun a plagiarist, in a recent blogpost. The Venice...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2011
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case over Media Outlets Reporting from Court Documents
The U.S. Supreme Court "refused" an appeal by New Jersey man Thomas John Salzano. Salzano sued North Jersey Media Group...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 25, 2011
Gateway Journalism Review: Does Disclosure Remedy its Conflict of Interest?
Gateway Journalism Review's first cover story featured a profile on the St Louis Beacon, an online news site. The profile...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
Olbermann’s MSNBC Show Ends, Reason Not Given, 2 Years on Contract
Keith Olbermann's show "Countdown" ended last night. Olbermann's contract with MSNBC still has two years on it, though, and as...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
Daily Mail Accused of Plagiarizing the New York Times
The Daily Mail has been accused of plagiarizing a New York Times article about using electronic devices on airplanes. However,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Was SPJ Right to Retire Helen Thomas Award? Media Debate
The National Arab American Journalists Association's Ray Hanania blogged Jan. 15 about the Society of Professional Journalists' vote to end the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Do Promises Die when Sources Promised Die? Can Journalists Burn the Dead?
Columbia Journalism Review wondered "how common is it to burn dead sources?"' So far, both the Wall Street Journal and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Are Journalists Missing the Story?
Iowa State University's journalism school director Michael Bugeja questioned if the media is paying attention to the stories that matter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Is a Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she...