by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2012
Rupert Murdoch Joins Twitter
Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., joined Twitter earlier this week, the Associated Press confirmed. The AP reported that News...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2011
Fake Story on Social Media, News Comments Section Claimed Firefighters Killed
The Lancashire Evening Post unpublished a comment claiming two firefighters had died, the newspaper noted in a Dec. 26 story...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2011
Times of South Africa Tweets Fake News, Deletes Tweet, Apologizes
South African newspaper The Times apologized for "tweeting an inaccurate report that former President Nelson Mandela had been hospitalised," the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 01, 2011
Former Irish Presidential Candidate Complains over RTE Airing Fake Tweet Accusations, Questions RTE Fact-Checking, Verification
A failed candidate for Ireland's presidency accused RTE of violating journalism standards because it aired seemingly unverified claims from a...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 25, 2011
PCC: Pic from Facebook Not OK to Publish
After two newspapers published a photo of a teenaged girl "in a bathing costume hugging her father" without the family's...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Daily Star, Heat Apologizes for Fake Report from Facebook Post
The UK Daily Star newspaper and Heat magazine apologized and paid damages to Garry Tweedy after wrongly claiming he "admitted...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 05, 2011
New AP Social Media Guidelines Warn about Re-tweets
The Associated Press has updated its social media guidelines to include guidance on re-tweeting (when a Twitter user essentially forwards...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 29, 2011
5 NFL Saints Athletes Paid to Tweet about Times-Picayune Website
New Orleans Times-Picayune owner Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance Digital paid athletes an undisclosed amount to "promote" and tweet about the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 18, 2011
Social Media Best Practices
The Poynter Institute's Jeff Sonderman advised about how to manage social media accounts. One of his seven suggestions called for...