Published on February 22, 2024
Censorship, Defamation, legal, libel
![Alina Adams Exposes Book Marketing Scammer in Fantastic Fashion! – In The News – 02/22/2024 Alina Adams Exposes Book Marketing Scammer in Fantastic Fashion! – In The News – 02/22/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/gabriel-tovar-HqnvECOYoPA-unsplash-e1708630262370.jpg)
MORE: Al Jazeera Reporter is a Hamas Commander; Google’s racist AI program; More AI advancements; County employee, a drag queen dressed like a nun, and married to a teacher, arrested for child p*rn and more; Son of former YouTube CEO dead; Israeli speaker uninvited to event; Love letter written “like poetry” back in 1953 found; Journalists forced to give up PERSONAL texts in defamation lawsuit; Biden admin trying to silence some journalists; It’s already illegal for children to buy p*rn yet they can get it for free at school; and Chicago’s mayor refuses to speak to the press.
Published on February 16, 2024
Defamation, legal, libel
![Art Teacher Caught Selling His Students’ Works Online; and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 02/16/2024 Art Teacher Caught Selling His Students’ Works Online; and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 02/16/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Plague-e1708018414436.jpg)
MORE: Woman who faked being black, and headed up an NAACP chapter (she resigned), was dismissed by a college, committed welfare fraud, was later hired as an elementary teacher, and has now been fired for posting lewd videos; Anne of Green Gables goes woke?; UCLA Medical School assignments also go woke; Indiana launches website for parents to report inappropriate lessons and books; Scientist wins lawsuit against bloggers; Yes, there is a program called “Woke Kindergarten”; and Embarrassing typo in commencement program
Published on February 9, 2024
amazon, Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
![Media Outlet Sued by Parents of Child After Malicious Story Published – In The News – 02/09/2024 Media Outlet Sued by Parents of Child After Malicious Story Published – In The News – 02/09/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pexels-cottonbro-studio-4733357-e1707420302265.jpg)
MORE: Name of anonymous gossip blogger leaked by his ex-mistress; Biden’s ghostwriter will not be charged with deleting evidence; Bezos to sell 50 million shares of Amazon stock; Celebrity tattoo artist says she won’t do anymore tattoos after winning copyright infringement suit; CNN anchors stunned silent; Drag queen school principal, who was previously, as a teacher, accused of having child p*rn and marijuana, resigns after being outed on Tiktok; Book blogger “euthanized”; Super Bowl advertisers to play it safe this year, fearing public backlash; AI may be able to read ancient scroll; and New York Times finally publishes an article about detransitioners
Published on February 9, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
![PART 2: True Journalism is DEAD. Do Your Own Research! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor PART 2: True Journalism is DEAD. Do Your Own Research! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/naomi-mckinney-1Zl16CRLnV0-unsplash-e1707420615461.jpg)
Not a single one of those media outlets had the integrity to say, “It appears we were wrong…”
Published on February 2, 2024
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
![PART 1 – True Journalism is DEAD. Do Your Own Research! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor PART 1 – True Journalism is DEAD. Do Your Own Research! – by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/taras-chernus-euaivxORAm8-unsplash-e1706897850872.jpg)
All Americans should be outraged by how stupid some “journalists” think we are!
Published on February 2, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal, plagiarism
![Now Harvard’s DEI Chief Has Been Accused of 40 Counts of Plagiarism – In The News – 02/02/2024 Now Harvard’s DEI Chief Has Been Accused of 40 Counts of Plagiarism – In The News – 02/02/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/maxim-hopman-52Kf36w124Y-unsplash-e1706815115978.jpg)
MORE: Tattoo artist wins copyright case; Did LA times owner try to censor a story about a friend?; The news business is cratering; Taylor Swift threatens lawsuit over fake n*de photos; Snopes shamed for bad “fact-checking”; Christian pastor dropped by radio network; and Croatian government is cracking down on journalists
Published on January 26, 2024
author scams, book marketing, complaints, legal, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams
![BACK ON OUR SOAPBOX! REPEAT AFTER US: “Real Publicists and Literary Agents Do NOT Spam Authors!” by Angela Hoy and Brian Whiddon BACK ON OUR SOAPBOX! REPEAT AFTER US: “Real Publicists and Literary Agents Do NOT Spam Authors!” by Angela Hoy and Brian Whiddon](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bargain-455999_640-e1706289087362.png)
Angela and Brian are once again fed up…and they have the snark to prove it!
Published on January 26, 2024
Journalism, legal, libel
![Who Stole Hundreds of Newspapers from Racks After Juicy Story Published? AND MUCH MORE! – In The News – 01/26/2024 Who Stole Hundreds of Newspapers from Racks After Juicy Story Published? AND MUCH MORE! – In The News – 01/26/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/newspapers_1706287112.png)
MORE: LA Times plunges into chaos after mass layoffs; Ex-journalist convicted of murder is now dead; Former MSNBC host accuses network of “favoring white men”; RIP Charles Osgood; Largest teacher’s union threatens to withhold support for Biden unless there’s a permanent cease-fire in Gaza; and Condé Nast accused of unfair labor practices.
Published on January 19, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
![Man Sues Multiple Women and Facebook for $75M for Libel for Posts on Dating Group; AND MUCH MORE! – In The News – 01/19/2024 Man Sues Multiple Women and Facebook for $75M for Libel for Posts on Dating Group; AND MUCH MORE! – In The News – 01/19/2024](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/map-6508505_640-e1705609913912.jpg)
MORE: How one U.S. school is creating anti-Semites in a classroom; Celebrity caught using fake university acceptance letter; Russian journalist who criticized Putin found dead; You must understand that AI is not completely artificial; L.A. Times executive editor steps down; Can someone create an AI version of a dead celebrity without permission of the trademark owner?; and Sport Illustrated went woke, and now they’re going broke!
Published on January 11, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI), copyrights, legal
![The Impact of AI on Screenwriting in Hollywood By Mark Heidelberger The Impact of AI on Screenwriting in Hollywood By Mark Heidelberger](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pictureofrobotthatlookshuman.jpg)
The need to feed the AI preexisting work leaves open accusations of theft, plagiarism and copyright infringement.