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Oklahoma meteorologist’s noose image gets her fired
Lawton, Oklahoma ABC-affiliate KSWO TV news fired meteorologist Mandy Bailey for an "offensive and unacceptable" brain teaser image that depicted...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2019
LA Times: Readers thought Super Bowl headline was ‘disrespectful, disgusting, disappointing & dismissive’
The Los Angeles Times upset readers with a front-page headline post-Super Bowl that read, "Lambs, not Rams." According to the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2019
Why South Africa’s News 24 Took Down a Video of Students Trapped under Concrete Slab
South Africa's News 24 unpublished a video showing a fatal accident at a school because it upset readers. In a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2019
ESPN axes Adnan Virk, accused of leak
ESPN fired host Adnan Virk after he was accused of leaking to the media. "The specific nature of the information...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2019
More newspapers drop cartoon after anti-Trump message
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Columbus Dispatch, Dallas Morning News, the Tulsa World and Syracuse Post-Standard have joined the Butler Eagle...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 12, 2019
Pennsylvania paper drops cartoon for hidden f-word message to Trump
Pennsylvania's Butler Eagle axed Wiley Miller's comic strip "Non Sequitur" after a recent cartoon had a hidden message saying "f***...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2019
Politician’s heavy metal band DOESN’T promote Nazi symbols, Sun loses libel suit
The Sun reported that a UK Parliament member was part of a "heavy metal band that delights in Nazi symbols."...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2019
Doug Adler, ESPN settle lawsuit over Venus Williams gorilla/guerrilla comment
Doug Adler resolved his case against ESPN for firing him in 2017, alleging he compared Venus Williams to "a gorilla."...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2019
Corrections: Emily Blunt is British, Mystery Blonde is Man’s Daughter
1.But, Emily Blunt is British.... Bustle wrote an article about the new Mary Poppins movie, "Mary Poppins Returns," in late...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2019
St Louis Public Radio axes online comments
St. Louis Public Radio is axing online comments, executive editor Shula Neuman announced this month. Why? Neuman said readers aren't...