by Sydney Smith on Aug 28, 2014
Sorry we said your son had ‘heroin Dependency,’ PCC complaint gets apology
Oops? The Middlesborough Evening Gazette wrongly reported a man who died in March was hooked on heroin. The Gazette article...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Aug 29, 2014
Public Editor: New Yorker Mag said NYT Reporting on Plagiarism was ‘political attack’
Accusations of plagiarism against author Rick Perlstein were "a political attack ... dressed up as a journalistic ethics controversy," the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2014
What’s up now with NPR’s Ombudsman Position?
Edward Schumacher-Matos's term as NPR ombudsman was supposed to end this summer but it has been extended through September while...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2014
NYT used one image from ‘despicable’ Steven Sotloff beheading video, Revealed he was Jewish
The New York Times only used one image of terrorist group ISIS's video showing the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2014
New Regulatory body for UK media IPSO launches
The UK regulator the Press Complaints Commission will be replaced effective today with the new independent Press Standards Organisation, aka...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 12, 2014
Why Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Won’t Unpublish Couple’s story of arrest
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation won't unpublish articles, CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin reminded readers in a Sept. 3 column. A husband and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2014
Mother dies after ‘palliative care,’ not ‘prayer and hymn singing’; Australia’s Channel 7 Unpublishes
The Australian Communications and Media Authority ruled that Australia's Channel 7 violated broadcasting standards in reporting on the religious group the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2014
Australian Radio Host Attacks Listener By Airing His Cell phone number and calling him names
Australian radio station 2SM aired a listener's personal phone number during a radio broadcast last year and broke privacy guidelines,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2014
Ray Rice ESPN Ombudsman review, Not yanked, ESPN had tech problem
ESPN didn't unpublish its ombudsman's review of the media company's coverage of Ray Rice. Both the Big Lead and Mediaite...