by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
$13.7 Mill Libel Payment for Anonymous Comments Rejected
We wrote earlier this year when a jury awarded a Texas couple $13.7 million in a libel lawsuit against online...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
WSJ Reporter Resigns, Broke Conduct Code, Showed Stories pre-publication
Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon resigned for "sharing certain unpublished news articles with Brett McGurk, then a member of...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2012
iMediaEthics Wins 1st Mirror Award for Photojournalism Ethics Report
iMediaEthics' Dec. 27, 2011 story "Troubling Double Standard, American photojournalism's different treatment of foreign victims" was awarded the Mirror Award...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
California’s Beachcomber Advertorials are Disclosed
The (Long Beach) Beachcomber is selling advertorials, LA Observed reported. According to the "pitch" from their "advertising rep," republished by...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 12, 2012
No fact checking or editing for Forbes’ bloggers?
According to a recent Mashable report, Forbes.com "authors, whether on staff or freelance, write their own headlines" and "press the...
by David W. Moore on Jun 12, 2012
The Already Determined 2012 Presidential Election: Polls vs. ‘The Keys’
While public opinion polls suggest a very close race for the presidency in 2012, Professor of History Allan Lichtman of...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 11, 2012
Poughkeepsie Journal Apologizes for Re-Write, Lifting of Daily Freeman Story
The Poughkeepsie Journal apologized to the Daily Freeman and readers for a "thin rewrite" of the Freeman's story and some...
by Chance Ryan on Jun 10, 2012
Did the New York Daily News Invade Privacy of Killed Girl’s Family?
Did the New York Daily News invade a family’s privacy for its May 13 report on a tragic New Zealand...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2012
NYT Calls out ‘Errors’ in Reports about its ‘Kill List’ Story
The New York Times countered blog posts about its late May story "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 09, 2012
NPR Clarifies Post on Catholic Priests
The Catholic League complained to National Public Radio about an online story suggesting that it's "not that unusual" for a...