by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AP Retracts Doctored Photo Provided by Lithuanian Mayor
The Associated Press announced it has retracted a photo from its wire Aug. 15 after finding out it had been doctored. The...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2011
UK Court: Headline Aggregator & Its Users Could be Violating Copyright?
A July UK Appeals Court ruling has ordered both a news aggregator and its users to pay a licensing fee...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2011
Former NOTW Reporter’s Letter Claims NOTW Knew of Phone Hacking
Clive Goodman, a former News of the World reporter who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking, implicated Rupert Murdoch,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2011
New Standards for Reporting on Suicides in Australia
The Australian press council recently published new "guidelines covering the reporting of suicide," according to The Australian. The guidelines now...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2011
Jewish Defence League to Sue Canada’s CBC After Being called ‘Banned Terrorist Organization’
The Jewish Defence League of Canada's Meir Weinstein announced the group intends to file a defamation lawsuit against Canada's CBC...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2011
2 Lithuanian Newspapers Deny WikiLeaks Cable Claims of Corruption
The European Journalism Centre highlighted a WikiLeaks document that purports to show "unethical and illegal practices" in two Lithuanian newspapers...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2011
NYT’s Joe Nocera Apologized After Calling Tea Party Terrorism
What boundaries should columnists establish? That's what the New York Times' Arthur Brisbane wondered in his latest column as public...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
CNN Corrects After John Walker Lindh’s Father Lobbies Media Bugs
CNN has corrected its 2009 report labeling John Walker Lindh as a "convicted terrorist" after his father, Frank Lindh, submitted a correction request to Media...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
Did Washington State Newspaper Fact-Check? No Corrections after 2 People Wrongly Listed as Murdered?
The Tri-City Herald incorrectly reported that a woman named Cheri Taylor was murdered, Seattle TV news station KOMO reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
NYT Phone Number: Will Now Let People Know It’s Calling
The New York Times announced Aug. 12 that it will no longer mask its NYT phone number with the caller...