by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2018
Sunday Post Misquoted Woman on Sexual Harassment, Casting Couch Culture
The Sunday Post reported on an actress's allegations of being sexually harassed while working in Scotland and the United States....
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2018
NPR airs ‘Major’ Correction for Gina Haspel Claims after ProPublica correction
The New York Times and ProPublica aren't the only outlets amending their reporting on Gina Haspel, who was nominated to...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2018
Sun ‘Tran and Wife’ Headline on Wedding Notice got 7 complaints to IPSO
The UK Sun upset readers when it published a front page story on a transgender couple who got married. Why?...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2018
Corrections: Moses got water from Iraq? Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks
iMediaEthics latest correction round-up includes Moses and millenials. Moses did not bring water from Iraq. The Wall Street Journal reported...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2018
BBC Wrongly said Muslim scholar said ‘Jews are descended from pigs’
The BBC claimed Dr. Haitham al-Haddad, a Muslim jurist and judge for the Islamic Sharia Council, said that "Jews were descended...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 30, 2018
Weekly Chicago Newspaper fires Editor over payment from political candidate
The Chicago Defender, a weekly African-American newspaper in Chicago, fired its managing editor, Mary L. Datcher, because of her work...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 29, 2018
Why the Toronto Star is not using a mugshot of accused serial killer Bruce McArthur
Even though some readers were upset, the Toronto Star will continue to publish Facebook photos of Bruce McArthur, the Canadian...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2018
ABC co-host faces blowback after ‘insensitive’ interview with disability advocate Carly Findlay
Australian Broadcasting Corp. Radio cohost Jon Faine admitted "a number of his questions and comments were insensitive" when interviewing Carly...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 28, 2018
Austin ABC-affiliate cans closed captioning company after bombing victim called ‘monkey’
Austin ABC-affiliate KVUE called Austin bombing victim Draylen Mason "this young man." But closed captioning wrongly claimed the reporter called...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2018
Intercept Issues Correction on ICE & Facebook Story, Says Editor Inserted Errors
The Intercept posted a significant correction in a March 26 story, "ICE uses Facebook data to find and track suspects,...