by Sydney Smith on Aug 05, 2010
Shirley Sherrod Plans to Sue Andrew Breitbart for NAACP Story
Shirley Sherrod, a former state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced at the National Association of Black Journalists...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2010
Slate Criticized for Critique of Politico’s Corrections
Slate published July 20 an article critiquing Politico for not disclosing corrections. However, the Slate article on Politico's corrections, by Jeremy...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2010
Essence Magazine Hired White Fashion Editor Elliana Placas–Was this a misstep?
Essence magazine has hired a new fashion editor, Elliana Placas. Ordinarily, a new fashion editor hiring wouldn't be any big...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2010
Australian Journalist Argues Online Linking Part of Transparency
Jacinda Woodhead wrote for the Australian Broadcast Corp. that in the interest of transparency, news organizations should link to source...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2010
ESPN’s Public Editor not a fan of ESPN LeBron Decision Program
ESPN's ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer slammed his own network for its July 8 LeBron James "Decision" program. In the LeBron Decision program,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2010
Blogger Josh Nelson calls out Bloomberg News for misinterpreted poll, lack of correction
Josh Nelson wrote July 19 on his blog EnviroKnow that Bloomberg News "refuses to correct" a "blatantly false" story about...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2010
UK’s Daily Star Apologizes, Pays Damages after Publishing Hoax Story
British newspaper The Daily Star published an apology July 24 for a July 21 hoax it printed about Rockstar Games,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2010
Nature photo contest winning image Plagiarized, Doctored
A Chinese man plagiarized and altered another man's image to win a nature photo contest this month, Global Times reported...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 28, 2010
Media Roundup: Shirley Sherrod’s Firing and the Media
Georgia state official Shirley Sherrod was fired from her post as state director for rural development of the U.S. Department...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2010
Advertiser’s logo featured during WABC-TV New York’s news broadcasts
Television news continues the current media trend to blur the boundary between advertising and news content to reap profits. The...