by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Does Al Sharpton Know Endorsement Guidelines for MSNBC?
Al Sharpton, who was recently hired as an MSNBC host, reportedly told the Wall Street Journal he thought he could...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Thailand’s lèse-majesté Law Prohibits Criticism of Royal Family, Did Anonymous Comments Break Law?
In a Sept. 1 post, PBS Media Shift highlighted Thailand's lèse-majesté laws, which make it a criminal charge to "defame"...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
More Censorship, Propaganda at Two Chinese Newspapers?
The Guardian reported that Beijing's propaganda bureau will now be in charge of newspapers the Beijing Times and the Beijing...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2011
Guardian’s James Ball on Why he Left WikiLeaks
James Ball, who worked for WikiLeaks for a brief time last year, explained why he "had to leave WikiLeaks" in...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
Fox Sports Apologizes for Univ. of Southern California Interview Video
Fox Sports has apologized and unpublished a segment purporting to "welcome" the Univ. of Southern California football team to a football...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
Splash News and Photo Agency Apologizes, Pays for Invading Privacy
Splash, a UK "news and photo agency" apologized to actor David Walliams and model Lara Stone, Journalism.co.uk reported. The married couple had...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
American Journalism Review Advises on Aggregation
American Journalism Review's Michaelle Bond collected the "best practices" for "aggregating without aggravating." Referencing Advertising Age's Simon Dumenco's complaints over Huffington...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2011
Phony Travel Reviews to be Reviewed
iMediaEthics wrote earlier this year when TripAdvisor was accused of hosting 27,000 defamatory reviews. Now, Forbes is reporting that the UK...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2011
Le Monde: French Govt. Searched Reporter’s Phone Records to Find out Anonymous Source’s identity
French newspaper Le Monde has alleged that French president Nicolas Sarkozy's secret services "spied on one of its journalists to...