by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2015
Why did South African Newspaper Quit Press Council? Hires Public Editor instead?
The New Age, a newspaper in South Africa, announced last month it is getting a public editor, according to News...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2015
Latvian Plane, Russian Plane same Thing? Channel 4 Called out by regulator OfCom for error
UK Channel 4 broke broadcast regulations when it used the wrong audio clip with a report on "Russia's foreign and...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 27, 2015
Sex Tape Suicide Coverage gets 48 Slovenian Journalists in Trouble with Ethics Group
Almost 50 Slovenian journalists were slammed by the Association of Slovenian Journalists' ethics group for their reporting on a sex...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2015
UK Prison Documentary had Nudity, 78 Bleeped words, & F-Bomb, Must meet with Media regulator
Local Welsh TV channel Made in Cardiff crossed the line with British broadcast regulator OfCom, the regulator said in its...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 29, 2015
UK Times Wrong to Publish 2006 Photo of Murder Suspect with Fmr Co-Worker
The Times of London invaded the privacy of a random woman when reporting on a a man charged with murder...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2015
Migrants are Cockroaches? 400+ Discrimination Complaints over Katie Hopkins Column Rejected by IPSO Regulator
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), the UK press regulator, has received more than 400 complaints over Sun columnist Katie...
by Sydney Smith on May 08, 2015
‘Migrants are like bugs,’ UK Sun Comment, ‘Vicious, racist ‘ says UK Journalists Union
The UK National Union of Journalists slammed new press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) for its handling of...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2015
Filipinos are Nannies? Toronto Star Editors Didn’t Vet Rosie DiManno’s Mayweather-Pacquiao Column
Readers were offended by Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno's degrading comments about Filipinos, Star public editor Kathy English reported. DiManno...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2015
NYTimes made source go through ‘Jewish Litmus test’
A New York Times freelancer asked an interviewee "insulting and demeaning questions" about his Jewish faith, the source told the...