by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2012
Tennessee Newspaper Subpoenaed for Anonymous Commenters’ Identities
The Shelby County Commission is subpoenaing The Commercial Appeal for "the identities of anonymous commenters on its website," the newspaper...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2012
$3 Million Libel Verdict ‘Struck Down,’ Judge says No ‘Actual Malice’ in Newspaper the Virginian-Pilot’s Story
As we wrote earlier, daily Virginia newspaper the Virginian-Pilot was found guilty of libel and ordered to pay $3 million...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
ESPN Defends Bernie Fine Reporting as ‘Accurate Coverage of a Legal Document’
ESPN wants "a judge to dismiss a part of Laurie Fine’s libel lawsuit" against the network because the network said...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
Complaints about Egyptian Media Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood
Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud claimed "state-owned media" reported "false news" about his client, the Muslim Brotherhood, Ahram reported. He claims the state...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
Myanmar Media Outlets Censored, Publications Suspended this Summer
Even though the Myanmar government announced last year it was ending prior censorship at 178 of its 358 media outlets...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
TIME Corrects Story to add Attribution after Complaint
TIME magazine corrected a July 28 article after apparently lifting a quote and sentence from the New York Post's story...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
The Sun Corrects Animals, STDs & Boy Band One Direction Story after PCC Complaint
What brings a pop band, animals, and sexually-transmitted diseases together? A recent correction from the UK Sun, according to the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2012
Canadian Mayor Claims Website Ran Libel and Errors, Doesn’t Take Press Council Up on Offer to Mediate
After being criticized by the local mayor, The Rossland Telegraph wrote that it follows the British Columbia's Press Council's Code...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2012
Reuters Blog Unpublishes Fake Stories about Syria Posted by Hackers
Fake stories were posted to Reuters' blogs August 3 after the "blogging platform" was hacked, the Wall Street Journal reported...