by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2011
DSK Accuser Suing NYPost for Libel over ‘Hooker’ Stories
The hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Post and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
NBC Sports Blog Runs Pic of Crack Addict Character Tyrone Biggums, Instead of Athlete?
NBC Sports's College Football Talk blog incorrectly used a photo of a crack-addict TV character to accompany its story on...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Tenn. Judge Eisenstein Claims TV News Station, Reporter Defamed him
A Tennessee judge has filed a defamation suit against Nashville TV station WTVF Channel 5's reporter Phil Williams, the station manager, t...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Hackers Post Fake Fox News Twitter Story that Obama is Dead
Hackers formerly associated with hacking group Anonymous hacked into one of Fox News' Twitter accounts this morning and posted fake...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Media Group Awards Guttenplag Wiki Site for Catching Plagiarism
A German Wiki page called GuttenPlag Wiki crowdsourced plagiarism checking and revealed that former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2011
Mexican State Chihuahua Gets Shield Law
The Mexican state of Chihuahua has passed the first shield law in Mexico, the Knight Center for Journalism in the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2011
Shellee Hale Doesn’t Get Shield Law Protection for Message Board Comments, May Have to Identify Source
A New Jersey court ruled that Shellee Hale's comments on a message board are not protected by state shield laws. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2011
Newspapers Apologize to Pippa Middleton for Pics
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade highlighted two recent complaints Pippa Middleton filed with the UK media regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission over...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2011
Inquirer Defends itself Against Plagiarism Charges
The Inquirer's editor, Madeline Bennett, defended the UK "computer hardware" news site from plagiarism charges in a recent blogpost. Bennett...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2011
Ashton Kutcher Criticizes Village Voice for Sex Trafficking Stats
Actor Ashton Kutcher criticized via Twitter the Village Voice for its sex trafficking news story claiming Kutcher's estimated number of "child...