UK Groups Create Libel Law Guide for Bloggers
Sense about Science and five media advocacy groups created a new guide explaining libel law to UK bloggers, Journalism.co.uk reported.…
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NY Post Errs in FDNY Christmas Tree Story
The New York Post's headline and Nov. 11 story on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has apparently been corrected - but…
WaPo Public Editor: Post Should “Beef Up” Kaplan Reporting
The Washington Post should cover higher-education program Kaplan more aggressively, the Post's ombudsman Andrew Alexander argued in his Nov.19 public editor…
BBC Criticized for Portraying Irish Stereotypes in Debt Crisis Reporting
A BBC nightly news program has been criticized for portraying Ireland stereotypically, the Journal reported. Viewers took to Facebook and…
Ted Koppel Criticizes Partisan Media, Slate calls him ‘Bad Reporter’
Former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel questioned MSNBC's suspension of Keith Olbermann for political donations two weeks ago, noting that objective television…
Don’t Trust Polls about TSA Pat-Downs, Full Body X-Rays
A news ticker on the TSA homepage promotes a recent poll that finds "Most OK with TSA full-body scanners." (Credit:…
US Govt Warns About Checkbook Journalism… In Liberia, USAID Gives Liberia $11 Million to Train Journalists
Last month, the U.S. State Department paid for Liberian journalists to be trained by an American journalist, apparently a "regular…
Cooks Source Magazine Shuts Down After Charge of Copyright Infringement
Digital Journal reported that Cooks Source's editor Judith Griggs confirmed that the New England cooking magazine has closed. Griggs and Cooks Source were…
Canadian News Agency Updates Editorial Standards Guide
The Canadian news agency CBC announced Nov. 17 that is has updated its "CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices (JSP) manual."…
The Sun Criticized for Waterboarding Video, Call for Censorship
A politiican criticized British newspaper The Sun for its video on waterboarding, the Guardian reported Nov. 12. The poltiican, Labour MP…