by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
Olbermann’s MSNBC Show Ends, Reason Not Given, 2 Years on Contract
Keith Olbermann's show "Countdown" ended last night. Olbermann's contract with MSNBC still has two years on it, though, and as...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
Florida Society of News Editors on FL Governor Rick Scott
Nine reporters criticized Florida governor Rick Scott's media restrictions, EditorsWeblog reported. According to EditorsWeblog, the reporters commented at the Florida Society...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 22, 2011
New Book on Middle Eastern Media
The dean of Washington State University's communication college has written a book about Middle Eastern media called "The new Arab Journalist: ...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Was SPJ Right to Retire Helen Thomas Award? Media Debate
The National Arab American Journalists Association's Ray Hanania blogged Jan. 15 about the Society of Professional Journalists' vote to end the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2011
Do Promises Die when Sources Promised Die? Can Journalists Burn the Dead?
Columbia Journalism Review wondered "how common is it to burn dead sources?"' So far, both the Wall Street Journal and...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
UC Berkeley’s Student Newspaper Editor Sued for Not Retracting Posts
A man has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the newspaper The Daily Californian of "intentional infliction of emotional...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
Is a Newspaper Editorial the Newspaper’s Opinion?
Judith Townend wondered on her blog Meeja Law "when does a newspaper's comment become its opinion?" She blogged that she...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2011
David Beckham Counters In Touch Lawsuit
As iMediaEthics previously reported, David Beckham called for a front page apology from In Touch magazine after it published a cover...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2011
Rudolph Elmer, Swiss Banker’s WikiLeaks Threat? 2,000 Off-Shore Account Doc Leaked Today
Rudolph Elmer reportedly is turning over "The offshore bank account details of 2,000 'high net worth individuals' and corporations –...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2011
Another WikiLeaks Hacktivist Jacob Appelbaum Questioned, NYT Corrects Error About $15K WikiLeaks Gift to Manning’s Defense Fund
WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum was again "questioned and searched" this week, ABC News reported. Appelbaum also recently tweeted some criticism...