by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Book with Fake Quotes Recalled by UK, US Publishers
As we wrote earlier this week, Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine was revealed to include fake quotes attributed to Bob Dylan....
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
Complaints about Egyptian Media Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood
Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud claimed "state-owned media" reported "false news" about his client, the Muslim Brotherhood, Ahram reported. He claims the state...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
TIME Corrects Story to add Attribution after Complaint
TIME magazine corrected a July 28 article after apparently lifting a quote and sentence from the New York Post's story...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Do Journalists Often Fudge Quotes? Debate over Quoting Ethics
An interesting discussion on the ethics of quoting and paraphrasing interviews is going on among journalists and linguists in the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
CNN: ‘Regrettable’ to play ‘Only the Good Die Young’ after Sikh Temple Shooting
CNN apologized for playing the Billy Joel song "Only the Good Die young" after a July 6 report on the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
Duluth TV News Director Resigns over Facebook Post
Duluth Fox-affiliate Fox 21 KQDS's news director Jason Vincent apologized and resigned after one of his Facebook posts circulated, the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2012
Asian American Journalists Association Advises on Sikh Shooting Stories
The Asian American Journalists Association created a "few guidelines" for reporting on the Aug. 5 shooting at a Sikh temple in...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
Ohio Newspaper Fined $100,000 for Libel for Police Sex Story
Gannett-owned Milford-Miami Advertiser must pay $100,000 to police officer James Young over a 2010 article accusing him of having "sex...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
Apologies after Welsh Newspaper Puts ‘LOL’ in Dead Man’s Photo Caption
The Western Mail apologized for writing "LOL" in a caption about a man's death, the UK Press Gazette reported. The...