by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Blogger Crystal Cox must pay $2.5 Million Libel Fee in Oregon’s December Case
Blogger Crystal Cox was ordered to pay $2.5 million for a defamatory posting on her blog. The case brings up...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
UK Police Report on relationship Between Press & Police
A report for the UK police called for the police to "make a record of any contact with the media"...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Daily Mirror Columnist: Don’t Name Accused in Sex Assault Cases until Conviction
According to Press Gazette, the Daily Mirror's Brian Reade opined in a Jan. 5 article "Men accused of serious sex...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Speculation over ‘Giant’ Man Pictured in Kim Jong-il Funeral Procession Pix
We wrote in December about the Photoshopped image from Korean Central News Agency of Kim Jong-il's funeral, in which a...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2012
Gawker’s Seth Abramovitch Fired for Post with Racial Slur
Gawker's Seth Abramovitch was fired Jan. 5 after his blogpost about rapper Kanye West's tweets, the New York Observer reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2012
Bahrain Journalists Association Creates Draft Ethics Code
The Bahrain Journalists Association is working on finalizing a draft code of ethics, Gulf News reported Jan. 4. The Bahrain...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 05, 2012
Ad Age Denies Making Rihanna Poll, HuffPost Unpublishes Story
Ad Age claims the Daily Mail's Dec. 28 report about an Ad Age poll is wrong because Ad Age never...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2012
ESPN Unpublishes Blog Post with Fake Quotes from Oregon Ducks Coach
ESPN's Eamonn Brennan reported Dec. 19 that he had cited quotes that turned out to be fake. Brennan also unpublished...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2012
Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes
Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Indian Prime Minister Recommends News Objectivity, Calls for Less Sensationalism
India's prime minister called on the country's journalists to avoid sensationalism in reporting and promote "objectivity and encouragement," Indian news...