by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2016
Australia’s Murder-Suicide Story Fair Game, Press Council Reported
"Man drowns himself using murdered wife's head: police." That headline and story from Australia's the Age were OK to publish...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2016
UK Express: 12 Million Turks Moving to Britain Poll Flawed Because of Ambiguous Question
The UK Express reported that 12 million Turks would move to Britain if it stayed in the European Union and Turkey joined the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2016
Samoan Newspaper Publishes Graphic Photo of Dead Transgender Woman on Front Page, Uses Wrong Pronouns
A Samoan newspaper The Sunday Samoan published a graphic photo of a woman's dead body on its front page. The photo...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2016
Cherie Blair’s Half-Sister a ‘Cheerleader for Islamic Zealots?’ IPSO Rejects Complaint over UK Mail Story
It was fair game for the UK Daily Mail to claim Lauren Booth -- the half-sister of Cherie Blair, the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 18, 2016
New Journalism Ethics Code at RTDNA Canada
There's a new ethics code available for journalists in Canada, effective July 1. RTDNA, Radio Television Digital News Association, recently released its...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Boston’s Tom Scholz’s Appeal of Herald Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the bid by Tom Scholz, co-founder of the rock band Boston, to hear his libel...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 16, 2016
After Reporter Raveena Aulakh’s Death, Toronto Star Investigates, 2 Editors Out of Newsroom
The Toronto Star had a duty to report on its global environment reporter Raveena Aulakh's death by suicide, public editor...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2016
Louisville Courier-Journal Apologizes for Calling Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay until 1970
The Louisville Courier-Journal apologized for ignoring Muhammad Ali's name-change back in the 1964 and instead predominantly using his birth name, Cassius...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 15, 2016
British Men Says They Drunkenly Ended up in Syria & at Least 8 Outlets Believed Them
No, three British men didn't drunkenly end up in Syria. It seems like a no-brainer that the story was a...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2016
2 Public Editors on Hillary Clinton ‘Clinched’ Democratic Nomination Stories
Was it fair to report that Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination before several states including California and New Jersey...