by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2019
Actor suing Daily Telegraph over rape claims
Australian actor John Jarratt sued and then quickly dropped his suit against the Daily Telegraph and its reporter Jonathan Moran...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2019
Corrections: Julian Assange, Baltic or Balkan
iMediaEthics' latest roundup of corrections includes repeated errors on Julian Assange, geography mixups, an Angela Merkel misquote and nutrition errors....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2019
Australian paper wrongly called group anti-coal, didn’t contact before publication
The Australian Courier-Mail failed to contact the subject of an article before publication and wrongly characterized it as an "anti-coal"...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 23, 2019
NYT editor deletes ‘be less anti-Semitic’ tweet, apologizes
New York Times editor Tom Wright-Piersanti apologized for offensive tweets. Problematic tweets, flagged by Breitbart, included saying on New Year's...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 22, 2019
Australia’s Alan Jones says Jacinda Ardern comments ‘wrong’ & ‘careless’
Australian broadcaster Alan Jones called New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern "gormless," a "complete clown," "a joke" and called for...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 21, 2019
UK news outlet reported cause of death when there wasn’t one yet
A local UK newspaper, the Cumbria Mail, reported that on the death of a local man, suggesting he died by...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2019
Australian news outlets that aired NZ mosque attacks won’t be punished
Australian news outlets technically may have broken press guidelines when they published live video of the New Zealand mosque attacks,...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2019
South Africa Media Ethics Inquiry to find out ‘what went wrong’ with journalism
South Africa will have an "Inquiry into Media Ethics." The inquiry was set up by the country's National Editors' Forum...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 19, 2019
OK to Mock Politician’s Religion, UK regulator finds
It was OK for Scottish news outlet the National to mock a politician's religion, the UK press regulator the Independent...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2019
Globe & Mail public editor’s election poll tips
Globe & Mail public editor Sylvia Stead offered seven tips for readers in reporting on political polls. Her advice comes...