by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2019
Former NYT editor Jill Abramson accused of plagiarism
Jill Abramson, the former New York Times executive editor, has been accused of plagiarism a in her new book Merchants...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2019
NPR Public Editor News: Extended contract and new title
NPR has some updates for its ombudsman position. First, NPR extended the contract of the current ombuds; second, NPR changed...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2019
St Louis Public Radio axes online comments
St. Louis Public Radio is axing online comments, executive editor Shula Neuman announced this month. Why? Neuman said readers aren't...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2019
Pennsylvania paper drops cartoon for hidden f-word message to Trump
Pennsylvania's Butler Eagle axed Wiley Miller's comic strip "Non Sequitur" after a recent cartoon had a hidden message saying "f***...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2019
More newspapers drop cartoon after anti-Trump message
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Columbus Dispatch, Dallas Morning News, the Tulsa World and Syracuse Post-Standard have joined the Butler Eagle...
by on Feb 16, 2019
Oklahoma meteorologist’s noose image gets her fired
Lawton, Oklahoma ABC-affiliate KSWO TV news fired meteorologist Mandy Bailey for an "offensive and unacceptable" brain teaser image that depicted...
by on Feb 18, 2019
Daily Mail Australia’s article could have led to ‘prejudice against transgender people’
It was not only irrelevant for the Daily Mail Australia to highlight that a woman is transgender, the Australian Press...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 19, 2019
3 UK News sites delete Seychelles snorkeling death stories
Three UK news sites -- the Oxford Times, the Oxford Mail and the Wallingford Herald -- all unpublished articles about...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2019
Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann suing the Washington Post over Lincoln Memorial incident
Nicholas Sandmann, the Covington Catholic high school teenager shown in viral videos and pictures from the Lincoln Memorial in January,...