UK PCC Rules Publication of Civil Servant’s Public Tweets OK
The UK Press Complaints Commission backed two newspapers' decisions to publish public tweets from a public Twitter account, Journalism.co.uk reported.…
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UK Lawmaker Drops Bill to Imprison Media for Naming Suspects
UK lawmaker Anna Soubry withdrew her proposed bill to ban the media from publishing the names of suspects after being told…
NY Daily News Unpublished Stories by Freelancer Rob Sgobbo For Faking Sources in Village Voice
As iMediaEthics previously reported, in January the Village Voice retracted and apologized for one of its stories by Rob Sgobbo, a…
Sri Lanka Profs Criticize Claim of Media Suppression
Media professors and practitioners criticized Sri Lankan media for "attempting to create an opinion that there is a media suppression…
IFJ: Please no more Censors, Fiji
The International Federation of Journalists and the Pacific Freedom Forum called for the "Fiji military regime" to stop censoring the media. According…
US State Department Hires Journalism Prof Jane Kirtley to Write Ethics Book for Foreign Diplomats?
University of Minnesota media ethics professor Jane Kirtley was "commissioned" by the U.S. State Department to write a handbook for…
Reuters Not Corrected Katie Couric MisTweet that Mubarak Resigned
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric incorrectly tweeted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, the New York Daily News reported.…
Journalist Carmen Aristegui Fired After Reporting Mex Prez May Be Alcoholic, Rumor
Mexican radio journalist Carmen Aristegui was fired this week after she reportedly breached an ethics code, Fox News Latino reported.…
“Not Everyone Sad” about Minnesota News Council Closing
As iMediaEthics reported in late January, the Minnesota News Council -- one of two state news councils in the U.S. -- has…
SF Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein On Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper Editor
The San Francisco Chronicle's Phil Bronstein blogged for the Huffington Post that the lawsuit of a California man against a…