by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2014
Julie Gayet Suing over Privacy after Hollande Affair Claims
Actress Julie Gayet is suing French magazine Closer for invasion of privacy after Closer published a seven-page report with photos...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2014
W. Virginia Chemical Spill NOT Georgia-Pacific, Blog Retracts
Eastman Chemical -- NOT Georgia-Pacific -- produced the chemical polluting the water in West Virginia, according to a recent retraction....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 15, 2014
Black man with ‘Suspicious activity?’ Dominion Post Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ Report
The Dominion Post, a West Virginia newspaper, made national news this week after publishing a three-sentence report saying police were...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2014
Pres. Francois Hollande Affair Story, Photos Unpublished by French Mag Closer After Injunction
France's Closer magazine is again being accused of invasion of privacy, this time by French president Francois Hollande. In 2012,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2014
No Apologies, NYT ‘Readers misread my point,’ says Bill Keller RE His Adams Cancer Column
Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller claimed readers who criticized his opinion article for the Times about Lisa...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2014
‘Sarcastic’? NY Post Fredric Dicker Justifies ‘Convenient Little Massacre’ Remark
New York Post columnist and Talk 1300 radio host Fredric Dicker has been criticized after saying that the 2012 Sandy...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2014
2 College Newspapers Stop Naming Students in Police Blotters
The student newspapers for the University of Connecticut and Ohio's Miami University have stopped including names in police blotters, Poynter...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2014
Emma Keller Admits Quoting Cancer Patient Lisa Adams’ Private E-mails, Guardian Unpublishes
The Guardian unpublished an article by Emma Keller, wife of former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, about cancer...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2014
Why didn’t NYT Credit NJ Record for Bridgegate E-mails? ‘Would have been a generous gesture,’ NYT public editor says
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan addressed complaints about the Bridgegate e-mails controversy, specifically that the paper didn't credit the Bergen...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 12, 2014
Starving Dogs Hoax Bites Media: Kim Jong-un’ Uncle Not Naked, Eaten by ‘120 Ravenous Hounds’
Hoaxes are hounding the media of late. The New York Daily News and others were outright duped while others like NBC...