ESPN Unpublishes Blog Post with Fake Quotes from Oregon Ducks Coach
ESPN's Eamonn Brennan reported Dec. 19 that he had cited quotes that turned out to be fake. Brennan also unpublished…
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Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes
Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one…
Indian Prime Minister Recommends News Objectivity, Calls for Less Sensationalism
India's prime minister called on the country's journalists to avoid sensationalism in reporting and promote "objectivity and encouragement," Indian news…
Copy Editing Checklist
Pam Nelson at the American Copy Editors Society published a list of "10 tips for copy editors" Jan. 2. Nelson,…
Leveson Inquiry Months 1-3 Costs $1.3 Million
The UK Leveson Inquiry is reviewing the "culture, practice and ethics of the press," as we have written. The inquiry's…
HuffPost CEO Tim Armstrong Donated to Romney Campaign, HuffPost says he has ‘No Editorial Role’
POLITICO suggested Jan. 1 that the Huffington Post got an "exclusive interview" with Mitt Romney because the CEO for Huffington…
Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., joined Twitter earlier this week, the Associated Press confirmed. The AP reported that News…
Nepali Journalist Calls for Self-Regulation
Republica's Damakant Jayshi called for "reform in Nepal's media -- print, electronic and online -- so as to make them…
AP Corrects Number of Killed in Bosnia
The Associated Press issued a Dec. 28 correction to its Dec. 27 story on "the extradition of a Muslim Bosnian…
Cleveland Plain Dealer Readers Editor Defends Story on Obese Child, Denies Sensationalism
Cleveland Plain Dealer public editor Ted Diadiun defended the newspaper's story on a "severely obese" third-grader "removed from his home"…