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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged media law

1. March 1, 2012 02:00 PM

   Heartland, Gleick, and Media Law

   Experts weigh in on leaks and deceptive tactics

   By Curtis Brainard

   When, if ever, are deceptive tactics legally or ethically permissible in journalism? An old debate over that question has raged anew for the last week, following a prominent scientist’s admission that he duped a libertarian think tank into giving him a cache of private documents. In mid-February, a handful of blogs began posting files—including a fundraising plan, a budget, an...

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2. August 9, 2012 10:42 AM

   I tweet therefore I can

   Whose job is it to make sure tweeters stay within the law?

   By Hazel Sheffield

   Twitter now boasts 140 million active users, many of whom have used the social messaging service in the last two weeks to share instant results from the Olympics, glimpse behind-the-scenes moments with the athletes, and voice frustrations at mainstream media coverage, on-site organization, and the ticketing process. We’re in apparently in the middle of the first “Twitter Olympics,” which will...

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