by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2011
NBC: We Shouldn’t Have Cut the Pledge of Allegiance
NBC apologized for editing out the phrase "one nation under God" from a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance during...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 22, 2011
News of the World pays £70,000 in libel fee after reporting hoax news story about athlete’s sexting
News of the World has agreed to pay athlete Artur Boruc £70,000 in a libel settlement after the newspaper published...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2011
NY Court: Website Publishers Not Responsible for Defamatory Comments
A New York court ruled that website publishers are protected from defamation lawsuits if they "add material to defamatory posts...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Judge Rules: Righthaven Doesn’t Have Right to Sue Bloggers,
U.S. judge Roger Hunt issued a ruling last week that copyright enforcement company Righthaven "never had the right to sue...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
BBC to Apologize for Documentary, May Have Contained Fake Footage
The BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee looked into a 2008 BBC documentary, concluded it contained fake footage and has called...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Associated Press: Libya in “Civil War”
The Huffington Post's Michael Calderone reported that the Associated Press has now decided to refer to the "situation in Libya"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich Calls for Apology from NBC News
Newt Gingrich has called for NBC News to apologize for its anonymously sourced report that Gingrich's wife is "to blame"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 20, 2011
Two Journalisms?
The Guardian's Roy Greenslade highlighted a recent article by Brian Cathcart for Index on Censorship, in which Cathcart identifies "the existence...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2011
Did Media Hype ‘Gang Violence’ in Boston Memorial Day Wkend?
Based on stories from Boston newspapers Boston Globe and Boston Herald and the UK Daily Mail, one might believe serious gang violence...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2011
WikiLunch? Julian Assange Auctioning off Lunch With Him
Julian Assange is auctioning off eight tickets to a July 2 lunch with himself and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, TIME magazine...