by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2016
WIRED fires reporter, 4 articles contained plagiarism
WIRED fired reporter Nic Cavell and added editor's notes to all four of his articles to acknowledge plagiarism. Cavell's four articles all...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2016
Jeremy Clarkson Settle Assault & Discrimination Lawsuit & Says ‘Sorry, Once Again’ to BBC Producer Oisin Tymon
Jeremy Clarkson apologized again for the assault that got him fired from his job hosting Top Gear on the BBC last year....
by David W. Moore on Feb 24, 2016
The Latino Vote in Nevada: Much Ado About Very Little?
In the wake of Hillary Clinton’s win over Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses last Saturday, there has been much...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2016
BBC Composite Image was ‘Regrettable,’ ‘Individual Error of Editorial Judgment’
Airing a composite image of two different Chilean volcanoes without telling viewers was a "serious breach of the Editorial Guidelines," the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 23, 2016
How Effective is UK Print Regulator? External Review will look at Complaints, Rulings, Conflicts, & Funding
How effective is UK print regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)? The organization, which was established in September 2014...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 23, 2016
Australian Women’s Site Unpublishes Fake ‘Spermaholic’ Story
The story on Australian women's site Mamamia began, "So here’s the best news story you’re going to read all day."...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 22, 2016
Jian Ghomeshi Valentine’s Day Cartoon didn’t go too far, Public Editor Says
Sexual assault is not a subject that lends itself to humor, as Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis recently found...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2016
Meryl Streep ‘We’re All Africans’ Quote Gets Correction
Meryl Streep's comment "We're all Africans, really," has gotten much media attention. But Mashable has issued a significant correction to its story...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 20, 2016
‘Retirees are Useless to Society’ Interview was Fake, Brazilian Journalist gets 37 Death Threats
Brazilian newspaper Edicao do Brasil admits it unwittingly published a fake front-page interview with journalist and political scientist Leonardo Sakamoto....