UK’s The People Apologizes to Charlotte Church
UK newspaper The People apologized to singer Charlotte Church Nov. 27 for its Nov. 6 report claiming she "proposed marriage…
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The Guardian Clarifies Quote Attributed to Rod Liddle
The UK Guardian published a footnote to a quoted description in its Nov. 21 "Pass Notes" section clarifying information attributed…
South Carolina Newspaper Publishes Expletive in Associated Press Sports Story
The Greenville [South Carolina] News published an expletive -- the "f" word -- in today's print newspaper. The expletive was…
BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
The BBC and Discovery Channel partnered to broadcast Frozen Planet, a seven-part documentary on "the earth's polar regions," Talking Points Memo…
Guardian Corrects Headline, Readers’ Editor Says Newspaper was too Slow to Address Complaint
The Guardian apologized and issued a correction Nov. 25 to a Nov. 19 front-page story for its headline, which it…
South African News Site retracts story about South African Newspaper
South African news website BizCommunity.com retracted an Oct. 31 article about South African newspaper the Daily Sun and its editor-in-chief…
Another RTE Report Alleging Child Abuse Questioned
Ireland's public broadcaster, RTE, accused the deceased Brother Gerard Dillon of sexual abusing a student at a South African school,…
Roundup: J.K. Rowling, Sienna Miller, Max Mosley Testify at Leveson Inquiry
Last week, the UK Leveson Inquiry into press standards saw well-known figures and family members of victims of crimes testify…
UK Police’s Media Adviser Wants Standards for Reporting on Murders
Andy Trotter wants to set up ethics standards for UK journalists and police issues, Journalism.co.uk reported Trotter is "media adviser…
Righthaven Drops Copyright Infringement Lawsuit over Democratic Underground’s Re-Posting of 5 Sentences
Righthaven admitted to the court that re-publishing "a short excerpt of a news article in an online forum is not…