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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

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  • ADSA Doubles Down

    “Highly unprofessional” – Attempts by South African dietetics organisation to manage PR “crisis” backfire, but spin doctor Neeran Naidoo still won’t answer uncomfortable questions about “Kafka-esque” Tim Noakes inquiry Last month, I blogged about the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA), who recently hired a PR “crisis manager” to answer uncomfortable questions about the “Kafka-esque trial” of University of…

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  • Cod Fishing Part II

    “I love journalism” – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange responds to botched Sun newspaper profile On Wednesday, I asked if The Sun created a fake reporter to byline a story which falsely claimed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had sexually assaulted two men. Yesterday, Assange tweeted my blog post about the story: source He immediately followed-up with this…

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  • Cod Fishing

    Did The Sun newspaper create a fake reporter? [UPDATED: Click here for Julian Assange’s response] This item was edited by Atlanta, GA independent reporter Peter M. Heimlich, who’s cross-posting at his website for original investigative reporting, The Sidebar I recently blogged about a March 8, 2017 article published in the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid newspaper The Sun, “Who…

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  • ADSA in Crisis

    The Association for Dietetics in South Africa hires crisis management company to answer uncomfortable questions about “Kafka-esque” Tim Noakes inquiry Last week, professor Tim Noakes was found not guilty of unprofessional conduct after a lengthy legal battle lasting just under two years. Some critics have referred to the inquiry as being a “trial,” a nod to Franz Kafka’s 1925 novel about “one…

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  • Brittain Gets Streisanded

    Popehat and techdirt publish articles based on my blog post about “revenge pornster” and Dryvyng CEO Craig R. Brittain re: DMCA takedown requests Via “As A Dog Returns To His Vomit, Lunatic Revenge Porn Extortionist and Dryvyng CEO Craig Brittain Returns To Censorious Threats” by Ken White, Popehat, April 6, 2017: Thanks to Dean Sterling Jones…

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  • The Return of Craig R. Brittain

    Did Dryvyng CEO Craig R. Brittain demand the removal of “fake, slanderous, libelous” articles about his sleazy revenge porn past? In February, an anonymous representative for Scottsdale, Arizona ridesharing company Dryvyng sent Google a number of takedown requests asking the search engine to delist articles about notorious revenge porn website, IsAnybodyDown? Citing US copyright law, the complainant asked Google…

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  • WordPress Yields to Erdoğan

    WordPress updates its takedown policy to reflect that it now complies with Turkish censorship demands – four months after I blogged the story Last year, I reported about a Turkish political blog that was geo-blocked by WordPress following a takedown request from tyrannical Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In a series of tweets, the Turkish journalist and noted…

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  • The Art of the Steal

    Did Trump plagiarise from “fake news” network CNN and other media networks on defunct Trump University blog? Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has repeatedly accused US cable network CNN of reporting “fake news.” However, it appears that in 2008 Trump plagiarised articles originally published to the CNN website on his now-defunct Trump University blog, a weekly column in which Trump gave…

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  • The Sun Corrects False Assange Claim, Inflames WikiLeaks

    WikiLeaks Task Force cries “fake news” after The Sun falsely claims that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allegedly sexually assaulted two men Earlier this month, The Sun newspaper published “Who is Julian Assange, why does Pamela Anderson visit him in the Ecuadorian embassy and what is Wikileaks?” about exiled Aussie journalist and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange,…

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  • Blasphemy @ the BBC

    The BBC issues lengthy apology for “disgraceful” tweet which asked what the “right punishment for blasphemy” should be Last week, the BBC Asian Network – which hosts the lively Big Debate radio programme – asked Twitter users to say what they thought was the “right punishment for blasphemy.” source Maryam Namazie, a prominent ex-Muslim and civil rights campaigner, called the question “disgraceful,” and…

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