by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2010
WaPo Readers Cite Unfair Labels: ‘Wheel-chair bound’, ‘illegal immigrant’ & ‘ex-Marine’
Washington Post reader Ronald C. Semone complained about an Oct. 16 Metro story, which labeled a man recently convicted of...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 31, 2010
S. Africa’s Sunday Times Criticized for Anonymously Sourced Mugabe Affair Murder Story
Blogger Akanyang criticized The Sunday Times and its reporter Jon Swain in his media and politics blog, Akanyang Afrika. He...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 28, 2010
E-Commerce Links in News reports? NY Times, WaPo Public Editors Comment
Public editors at both the Washington Post and the New York Times recently weighed in on e-commerce links within the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2010
Los Angeles Times Readers Rep on Gauntlet/Gantlet
The Los Angeles Times' readers' representative blogged Oct. 8 that despite readers' complaints, the Times was correct in its headline...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2010
Arthur Brisbane on Anonymously Sourced Anecdote in NYT Story
New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane blogged Oct. 15 criticizing the anonymous sources that drove the unflattering lead anecdote...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2010
Toronto Star Slammed: Canada Govt Says No Stripper, Escort Job Ads Planned
A representative from Canada's federal government slammed the Toronto Star's Oct. 13 front-page story claiming that "the Conservative government wants...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 15, 2010
Danish Press Council Bans Reporting from Facebook Accounts with Friends Only setting
The Danish Press Council ruled Oct. 13 that journalists can't report information found on private Facebook accounts, global news agency...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2010
Sports journalist called ‘Dyke on a Bike’ wins against Sunday Times in PCC complaint ruling
The British Press Complaints Commission ruled in favor of a lesbian sports presenter and journalist after a newspaper columnist labeled her...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 13, 2010
Undercover : Toronto Star Public Editor Defends Nursing Home Expose
The Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English used her Oct. 9 public editor column to explain why one of the newspaper's...