by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2018
Corrections: Richer than We Said, How to Spell Santa Claus
iMediaEthics' latest roundup of amusing or noteworthy corrections begins below: 1.Bah humbug! Two different NPR reports misspelled Santa Claus's name!...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2018
NBC News adds editor’s note to Trump Christmas military visit story
On Christmas Day, NBC News published an article online that listed all Christmastime visits to active military from 2001 until...
by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2018
National Review retracts Title IX, date story
National Review, a twice-monthly "magazine of conservative opinion," claimed that a male college student broke Title IX regulations for being...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2018
7 programs from Russia’s RT broke bias guidelines, UK regulator says
Seven programs from Russian state-funded RT (formerly Russia Today) broke bias guidelines, the UK broadcast regulator OfCom ruled. Further, OfCom said,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 28, 2018
No more mugshot gallery for Sun Herald
The Sun Herald is not going to publish mugshot galleries anymore. In addition, the Mississippi newspaper is changing how it...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2018
2018 Photo Fails
We have noticed that the most common type of errors filling up corrections columns relate to the basics -- name...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 26, 2018
Australian politician suing BuzzFeed for ‘slut-shaming’ story
Australian politician Emma Husar is suing BuzzFeed over its story reporting that former staff members complained about her, accusing her...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 25, 2018
UK Journalists have new guidance for reporting on suicides
The UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation released new guidance this month for sensitively and ethically reporting on...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 22, 2018
UK News Site Broke Police Embargo but Not Press Guidelines?
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo identified a man who died waiting for care at a hospital. Despite breaking a police...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2018
BuzzFeed Trump Russia Dossier Defamation suit dismissed
Aleksej Gubarev's defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed for naming him in the so-called Trump Russia dossier was dismissed this week. The...