by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2014
Topless Sunbathing Photo in Sunday World not OK, PCC Rules
The Sunday World invaded the privacy of a woman named June McKibbin by publishing a topless photo of her and...
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by David W. Moore , Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
137% of New Jersey Residents Think Fox News Needs a Math Tutor
A Fox News graphic for the results of a Rasmussen poll on Chris Christie suggests that 137% of New Jerseyians...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
UPDATED Photog Responds: Columbia Journalism Review Takes down Photo after Copyright Complaint
Columbia Journalism Review unpublished a photograph after a Cleveland Plain Dealer photo editor complained of copyright violation. According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 20, 2014
Hoax: Watching Sunrise on TV because of Smog in China? Daily Mail, Time and more Duped
News outlets including the Daily Mail, Time magazine and the Daily Mirror published a fake story that China is using...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2014
More on Kim Jong Un Dog Hoax: 1st English News Report had Single Source, Unverified Claim
Earlier this month, numerous news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that Kim Jong-un fed his uncle, Jang Song...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 18, 2014
Courtney Love in Court, 1st Twitter Libel Trial in US
Courtney Love is in court defending herself against a libel lawsuit for a 2010 tweet about her then-lawyer, Rhonda Holmes....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Phone Hacking Scandal Story Wins Business Ethics Award
Here's an ethics award iMediaEthics hasn't heard of: The Joint Professions for Good and Institute for Business Ethics Writings Awards....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2014
Jezebel Pays $10K for Pre-Photoshop Lena Dunham Vogue Pics, Checkbook Journalism?
Breaking news! Fashion magazine Vogue Photoshops women. The blog Jezebel paid $10,000 to get the pre-Photoshopped photographs of Lena Dunham...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2014
3 MSNBC Incidents, MSNBC Pres. Griffin says took quick ‘action’ after Alec Baldwin, Martin Bashir, & Melissa Harris-Perry debacles
MSNBC president Phil Griffin called recent controversies involving three of network's hosts "unfortunate" and defended MSNBC's reaction as "transparent" in...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2014
Guardian may re-publish Emma Keller Post on Lisa Adams, ‘I continue to regret not giving her notice,’ Keller says
Emma Keller should have told Lisa Adams, who has stage-4 breast cancer, that she was writing about her, Guardian readers...