by Sydney Smith on Jun 03, 2010
Journalists Question the Ethics of Sarah Ferguson Sting
When News of the World caught Sarah Ferguson on camera accepting money from "fake sheikh" Mazher Mahmoud for access to her ex-husband,...
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by Sydney Smith on May 30, 2010
Should Anonymous Commenters Be Treated Like Sources By News Sites?
One important change made when Great Britain's The Times and Sunday Times re-launched their Web sites May 25 was the...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2010
Where’s the Outrage? Dutch Newspaper Interviews 9-year-old Plane Crash Survivor from his Hospital Bed
Where is the line between the public’s right to know and a severely injured, recently orphaned young boy's right to...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2010
Times Online, Independent report anonymous speculation on Libyan crash
The Times Online’s initial May 13 report on the May 12 Libyan plane crash contained both a factual error and an...
by Sydney Smith on May 10, 2010
British political campaigns staged photos: Actors portray police, doctor, nurse
British elections were May 6. Hopefully, the questionable photos that were spread throughout the campaign by at least one political party...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2010
Did UK Coverage of “Missing Link” Miss Accuracy?
Recent reports about skeletons discovered in South Africa have declared the “missing link” between humans and apes has been discovered. But,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2010
Simon Singh Case: British Court Rules Scientific Decisions Shouldn’t be Settled in Courts
A British appeals court has ruled that the courts shouldn’t settle scientific disputes. The court ruled in favor of writer...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2010
Will the UK remain a “libel tourist” destination?
Libel laws in Britain might become a little less public-friendly and a little more media-friendly. That is, if changes to legislation...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2010
British Watchdog Group Press Complaints Commission Holds Spectator Blog to Journalistic Standards
The British Press Complaints Commission is holding a blog to the same journalistic standards as a news entity. That is, the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2010
Cambridge U Press backs authors against Jared Diamond’s Nature review
Yesterday, Cambridge University Press publicly backed their authors' protest of Nature journal's review of their book Questioning Collapse that was...