by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2010
ACORN Media Roundup: Criticism of Media Coverage Runs Wild
With the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (aka ACORN) closing this week, bloggers have been buzzing about how...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2010
SeaWorld : Still “No decision” made on killer whale’s return after trainer’s death
StinkyJournalism received a prompt e-mail response to questions from SeaWorld's communications department regarding the fight over the public release of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2010
SPJ Slams ABC’s Checkbook Journalism in Casey Anthony Case
The Society of Professional Journalists publicly slammed ABC News yesterday for not disclosing the $200,000 payment made to the mother of Caylee...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2010
Judge Continues Temporary Injunction of SeaWorld Death Video
The temporary injunction against the release of footage of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau's death will continue for now, Orlando NBC...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2010
Should anonymous comments be banned from news sites?
Publishing online has hit yet another speed bump, this one framed as a question: Should readers be required to disclose their...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2010
German Lifestyle magazine apologizes for Fake Beyonce Interview
The German "lifestyle" and entertainment magazine NEON apologized to its readers and Beyonce this weekend after the publication ran an...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 23, 2010
Cambridge U Press backs authors against Jared Diamond’s Nature review
Yesterday, Cambridge University Press publicly backed their authors' protest of Nature journal's review of their book Questioning Collapse that was...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2010
Innocent of a crime but convicted on the Web? Should news remove police reports?
Do news organizations need to adopt a new standard for publishing or removing online police reports? A recent Toronto Star...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 21, 2010
SeaWorld joins fight to keep killer whale attack videos from media
CNN reports SeaWorld and the family of Dawn Brancheau have joined forces in a legal action and won an injunction...