by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2019
3 UK outlets delete stories on teen eloping after complaints
The Mirror, the Sun, and Birmingham Mail all unpublished stories after an unnamed teenager complained to the press regulator about...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2019
Press council dismisses plagiarism, right of reply complaint
South Africa's Daily Maverick was accused earlier this year of plagiarism and not contacting the subject of a news story,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2019
Corrections: Don’t go in Yellowstone’s Hot Springs! Apertifs, Hanging Gardens
iMediaEthics' latest roundup of corrections: 1.Who created that drink? A June 7 Guardian correction: "• An article credited Mr Aperitif...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2019
D.C. station unpublishes Apollo 11 story, didn’t say subject of story was a Nazi
WTOP, a Washington, D.C.-area news radio station and website, unpublished an article about the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun's role...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 21, 2019
Corrections: Taylor Swift’s masters, Nigeria’s Capital, Ocasio-Cortez
1.When reporting on tech, it's easy to get the details wrong. The Guardian's article on Taylor Swift and her Amazon...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 20, 2019
Linking Advocacy group to QAnon was wrong
A column published by New Zealand's Stuff news site suggested there was a link between conspiracy group QAnon and the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 20, 2019
Jermaine Jackson denies doubting Michael Jackson’s innocence
Jermaine Jackson complained about a UK Sun article about allegations of child molestation against his brother, the late recording artist...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2019
Whoops! The moon isn’t a planet
The New York Daily News published an article about the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 this week....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2019
NPR: Victims under 18 are not underage women & men, but girls & boys
NPR listeners were upset about the language used in reporting on Jeffrey Epstein and R. Kelly, NPR public editor Elizabeth...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2019
Momo article not inaccurate, regulator rejects complaint
Even though the claims that the Momo meme led to child suicides were revealed as a hoax, the Sun's article...