by Sydney Smith on Jun 06, 2011
FAIR: Anonymous Sources Criticize Anonymously Sourced Article
Progressive media watchdog website Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) criticized POLITICO for using anonymous sources in its article criticizing...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 06, 2011
Australian Newspaper Alleges Competitor Plagiarized
The Age newspaper accused the Herald Sun of plagiarizing its June 3 report on police bugging. According to The Age's...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
Max Mosley appealing ruling against requiring newspapers’ prior notification
Former Formula 1 head Max Mosley's attorneys have appealed the European Court of Human Rights's ruling last month, Journalism.co.uk reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
NYT: We Didn’t Hack E-mail for Story about SEC case against Goldman Sachs VP
Reuters' Felix Salmon, Gawker's John Cook, and attorney Maxwell Kennerly questioned the New York Times' methods for obtaining e-mails cited...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
Shepard Smith at Fox News Ends Interview after Interviewee’s Conflict of Interest Revealed?
Mediaite reported that Fox News's Shepard Smith apparently ended an interview after learning that the interviewee, Symantic group president Francis...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
CJR Hosts Gawker’s John Cook’s Essay Defending Source Paying
Columbia Journalism Review recently featured an essay by Gawker's John Cook questioning why journalism ethics advises against paying for sources. ...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2011
White House Sets New Policy in place of staged photos
The White House announced last month that it would review new ways to allow photojournalists to take pictures of the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 04, 2011
Turkish Journalist Claims Media Helped Military Coups
A Turkish journalist recently alleged that Turkish media has been complicit in military coups, Today's Zaman reported. Today's Zaman "is...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 04, 2011
Hyped ‘Sea Monster’ Could Have Been Avoided by asking Scientists
Gawker, Cryptomundo, and Gather hyped the existence of a "sea monster" found near New York City's Brooklyn Bridge in May....
by Corinne Segal on Jun 03, 2011
‘Weinergate’ Provides Forum for Media Discussion
The media’s online reporting of an alleged hack of Rep. Anthony Weiner’s social media has dissolved into gossipy back-and-forth as...