by Molika Ashford on Feb 02, 2010
Vaccine Libel Suit Challenges Another Science Journalist
Libel law is a vital tool for protecting people from the harm of journalism gone wrong. Recently, however, some experts...
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by Molika Ashford on Dec 11, 2009
Professor Sues Wesleyan After His Photo Was Mistaken for Campus Murder Suspect Stephen P. Morgan
Usually media errors claim few dramatic victims: a misspelling here, a fake photo there, but no real harm to private...
by Molika Ashford on Nov 19, 2009
British Free Speech Organizations Publish Suggestions for Reforming UK Libel Law
On November 10, two British freedom of expression organizations--the Index on Censorship (IOC) and English PEN--released a report recommending a...
by Molika Ashford on Oct 21, 2009
New Ruling in Chiropractic Libel Suit of Simon Singh
In a new development in the ongoing libel suit of UK journalist Simon Singh by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA),...
by Molika Ashford on Sep 27, 2009
A Thorny Libel Case: NYtimes Blogger takes a stab at the ongoing suit against Simon Singh
NYTimes blogger and evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson opened up a discussion on her blog The Wild Side last Tuesday. Her...
by Valerie Alia on Sep 14, 2009
Jared Diamond in the Rough
The Pig in a Garden: Jared Diamond and The New Yorker Series Art Science Research Laboratory's imediaethics.org is publishing a...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on May 20, 2009
AU Sunday Telegraph pays politician for mistakenly publishing fake nude photos…that hurt her election bid
WAToday.com.au announced that the Australian Sunday Telegraph paid a "undisclosed settlement" and published a page two apology for libeling politician...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer with Michael Kigl, Kritoe Keleba, Jeffrey Elapa on Apr 21, 2009
Jared Diamond’s Factual Collapse: New York Mag’s Papua New Guinea Revenge Tale Untrue…Tribal Members Angry, Want Justice
EXCLUSIVE : If Jared Diamond had changed the names of people and tribes and simply said that he was unsure...
by Danielle Elliot on Jan 05, 2009
Retired NYPD and DEA Agents Sue NY Magazine for Libel
Several retired NYPD and DEA agents are suing for libel. The lawsuit stems from the 2000 New York Magazine article...