WikiLeaks-Based Reports Cause Libel Lawsuits Filed by Indonesian Union
Two Australian newspapers and the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia are being sued by an Indonesian union for $1 billion…
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U.S. State Department Spokesperson PJ Crowley Resigns After His Bradley Manning Comments
PJ Crowley resigned from his position as a U.S. State Department spokesperson on March 13 after commenting that the treatment…
Daily Star apologizes for fake story on Amir Khan on front page
The UK Daily Star apologized for its Dec. 16 cover article about model and TV personality Katie Price and boxer…
US Federal Appeals Court Rules–Mug Shots NOT included in FOIA
A federal appeals court in Georgia agreed with a Florida district court that mug shot photos aren't included in the…
AP Is Suing & Sued For Copyright Infringement for Times Square Bombing
The Associated Press has been sued by a video production company for selling surveillance footage of the 2008 Times Square…
Readers Say NYT Texas Gang Rape Story Blames Victim
New York Times public editor, Arthur Brisbane, joined readers in criticizing the newspaper's March 9 story about a Texas gang rape of an…
National Union of Journalists Pays Member Suzanne Breen For Libel Settlement
The National Union of Journalists, a UK journalists association, has agreed to pay investigative journalist Suzanne Breen an undisclosed libel settlement over a…
Bribe Offered to Toronto Star Reporter to Unpublish Story
Kathy English, the Toronto Star's public editor, published a 2009 survey about the growing requests for unpublishing -- the term for…
Media Monitoring Africa Suggests Adding Children Clauses to Press Code
iMediaEthics previously wrote about the media being criticized for reporting on children in India and South Africa. We wrote to Media…
Media Needs to Report in Context
The Dallas News' editor Michael Landauer questioned why the media is "so bad at providing context." "I've always been interested…