by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2013
An ‘Error’ to Say Rape Victim ‘Had Sex with’ Attackers, San Francisco Chronicle Says
The San Francisco Chronicle reported recently on a criminal complaint against two men who are accused of kidnapping and raping...
Latest News
Latest News
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2013
Seattle Weekly Freelancer Engaged to Convict Featured In Negative Review, Author Sues
True crime writer Ann Rule is suing Seattle Weekly for libel over its 2011 cover story about her book, Heart...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2013
Libel Lawsuit against New Yorker Dismissed, Judge says Actual Malice Not Proven
Federal judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed Peter Paul Biro's libel lawsuit against the New Yorker magazine over its July 2010...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2013
China’s Xinhua Hoaxed by Satire Story, Jeff Bezos Didn’t buy WashPost by Accident
China government-run Xinhua News was hoaxed by a satirical story claiming Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accidentally bought the Washington Post....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2013
BuzzFeed Takes Down Graphic Photo of Murdered Woman
BuzzFeed published and later took down a graphic photo of a murdered woman. The photo was posted by her husband,...
by Michael Schwartz on Aug 07, 2013
UK Sun Mocks Barcelona Manager’s Throat Cancer
Fans reacted to The UK Sun's use of two tasteless puns in a photo caption accompanying its report on former...
by David W. Moore on Aug 07, 2013
Quinnipiac Poll Asks Misleading Stand your Ground Questions
Quinnipiac University recently announced that a majority of American voters back “Stand Your Ground” laws, by a margin of 53%...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2013
Bloomberg Axes Editor for Fabrice Tourre Verdict Error
John Pickering was fired as an editor for Bloomberg News after he got the verdict wrong in a headline for a...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2013
AFP Bans criticism of ‘other media’ in Social Media Guideline Update
Agence France-Presse released new social media guidelines in mid-July. The guidelines call for the wire service's journalists to maintain "impartiality"...