by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2012
CBS News Denies Orlando Sentinel Claim it Sent George Zimmerman’s Parents Flowers
CBS News denies an Orlando Sentinel report that it sent flowers to George Zimmerman's family, Media Bistro's TV Newser reported....
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Resigns from UK Newspaper Boards
Rupert Murdoch resigned this month from the boards of "the NI Group, Times Newspaper Holdings and News Corp Investments in...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2012
Anonymous Commenter ID’s herself 3 Months after Newspaper Subpoenaed for her Identity
As we have written, the Spokane Spokesman-Review was recently ordered to identify an anonymous commenter to a local Idaho Republican...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2012
WSJ’s James Taranto Apologizes for Aurora, Colorado Tweet
The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto spent about 1,000 words explaining and apologizing for a 15-word July 24 tweet about...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2012
New Social Media Guidelines at the AP Again
The Associated Press has new social media guidelines that permit breaking news on Twitter, Journalism.co.uk reported. As Journalism.co.uk explained, staff...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2012
Quote Approval ‘New & Different,’ Dan Rather Says
The New York Times highlighted a quote approval practice with U.S. 2012 presidential campaign reporters recently. The July 15 New...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2012
ABC News Corrects Wrong James Holmes Claim, Accused of Out-of-Context Quote
ABC News apologized July 20 for linking James Holmes with the Tea Party, Politico reported. Holmes is the suspect in...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2012
Ethics Paper from Reuters Institute Addresses Objectivity, Impartiality
The importance of and problems relating to objectivity and impartiality were highlighted in a new report by the Reuters Institute...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2012
MaltaToday Fined for Libel, Plans to Appeal
A Malta court ruled that MaltaToday libeled a lawyer in three Jan. 22, 2006 articles, according to the Malta Independent...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2012
Ombuds: NPR Practices ‘Sluggish Journalism’ By Not IDing Source as Activist
NPR's ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos wrote that the broadcaster practiced "sluggish journalism" by not identifying a source's advocacy group membership in...