100+ Complaints over UK Sun’s Headline Mocking Speech Impediment
The UK Sun's May 2 headline "Bwing on the Euwos" prompted "more than 100 complaints," Journalism.co.uk reported. The headline, which…
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Chicago Sun-Times Editor Calls Reporter’s Tweets ‘Offensive’
The Chicago Sun-Times editor Jim Kirk commented on "a series of offensive tweets about women" by the Sun-Times' Joe Cowley,…
UK Police Want BBC Footage on Mark Duggan Death, but BBC Says it Won’t Give ‘Untransmitted Footage’ without Court Order
The BBC "withheld crucial Mark Duggan shooting footage," the UK Press Gazette reported. According to a Guardian report at the…
Oops! Another Google News Error Suggests Angelina Jolie Charged with Terrorism in Bosnia
Last week, Google News paired a picture of actress Angelina Jolie with a group of stories on "terrorism charges" against…
Malaysian Newspaper Apologizes, Retracts Story Reporting Wrong Quote, Politician May Sue for Libel
Malaysian newspaper The New Straits Times issued a substantial retraction and apology May 3 for a May 2 article headlined "Observer…
India’s Press Council Chair: Regulation Necessary for Media, Sensationalism & Paid News Problems in India’s Media
India's Press Council chairman Markandey Katju called for a better regulation system for the country's media in an editorial in…
Israel TV News Airs Hoax Story Claiming Israeli Girl Kidnapped at Disney, Retracts Story and Suspends Reporter
Israel's Channel 10 TV news aired a hoax story April 29, Israel's Media Watch's Yisrael Medad and Eli Pollak wrote…
Updates on Complaints to Irish Broadcasting Authority over RTE’s Sex Abuse Claims on Deceased Brother Gerard Dillon
Irish public broadcaster RTE's 2011 program "Mission to Prey" prompted a host of problems for the broadcaster -- namely over…
Parliamentary Report: Rupert Murdoch ‘not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of major international company’
The UK Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Select released its report on the UK phone hacking scandal on…
Libel Lawsuit over Amazon Review Axed
As we wrote last year, book self-publisher Chris McGrath sued an Amazon reviewer Vaughan Jones, Amazon and Richard Dawkins for…