by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2012
PCC Rules Undercover Reporting, Recording OK B/c in the Public Interest
Undercover reporting and recording of a public relations firm was in the public interest, the Press Complaints Commission reported. The...
Undercover Reporting
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2012
Seattle TV News Invaded Privacy, Erred in Undercover Report on School Custodian, Washington News Council Finds
The Washington News Council found June 16 that Seattle's CBS affiliate KIRO-7 News and its reporter Chris Halsne wrongly accused...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2012
PCC: UK Sun’s Undercover Reporting at Dale Farm in the Public Interest
The UK Press Complaints Commission rejected a complaint over The Sun's 2011 undercover reporting, according to an adjudication on the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 05, 2012
PCC: Undercover Photos from Supermarket & of Child OK to Publish B/c in ‘Exceptional Public Interest’
The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that it wasn't an invasion of privacy for the Sunday Life newspaper to use...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 05, 2012
Transcripts of Leaked Calls from Indian Media’s Radiagate May have been Doctored?
According to a Jan. 31 report by India Private Limited, the controversial leaked transcripts of phone calls between a lobbyist...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2012
3 Swedish Journalists Charged with Crime after Buying Gun for Undercover Story
The Swedish police have filed charges against Swedish newspaper editor Thomas Mattsson after he had a reporter illegally buy a...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 24, 2011
LATimes Defends against Claims of Wiretapping
Los Angeles attorney Robert B. Silverman has accused Los Angeles Times writer Michael Hiltzik of illegally taping their phone call,...
by Ian Hislop , Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2011
UK Editor Defends Undercover Reporting
Ian Hislop, editor of UK Private Eye backed undercover reporting and investigating the "sex lives of well-known figures," the Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2011
NYT Article Criticized for Lack of Balance, Says NYT Public Editor
New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane's Sept. 13 column addressed Times reporter Tim Arango's undercover reporting and lack of...