by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2012
Indonesian Press Council Releases Online Media Guidelines
The Indonesian Press Council has released its "cyber media guidelines," which were "officiated" Feb. 3, press council member Zulfiani Lubis...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2012
Q & A with a Founder of Saving Ethical Journalism Blog
A new blog, Saving Ethical Journalism, was launched in late December 2011 by two journalists, David DesRoches and Patricia Gay. DesRoches...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2012
Michele Bachmann Calls for the Boston Globe to Retract Story
U.S. congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed the Boston Globe's story "that speculated she'd be throwing her support behind Mitt Romney" during his...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2012
Pakistani Group to Publish Gender-Sensitive Code of Ethics March 8
White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan is hosting a National Conference on Gender and Media in March, the group's Omer Aftab told...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2012
Transcripts of Leaked Calls from Indian Media’s Radiagate May have been Doctored?
According to a Jan. 31 report by India Private Limited, the controversial leaked transcripts of phone calls between a lobbyist...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Sports News Site: Fact Check Tweets Before Publishing Stories
Richard Greco suggested in a post on Philadelphia sports news site GCobb.com that journalists shouldn't automatically assume tweets are fact-checked...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Miss Piggy Criticizes Fox News
Miss Piggy, star of the movie The Muppets, has responded to Fox Business' Eric Bolling's criticism of the 2011 Muppets movie, Media...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews
In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
3 Anonymous Sources to be named for Australian Defamation Suit
An Australian Supreme Court called for three journalists from Australia's The Age newspaper to identify three anonymous sources in order...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 04, 2012
The Sun Retracts Claim about Soccer Manager
The UK Sun retracted a Jan. 30 story claiming that a soccer sports manager texted his team "to prepare for...