by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2018
7 years after News of the World closed, publisher still settling hacking claims
The UK News of the World has been shut down for more than seven years now, but the newspaper's publisher,...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2018
Washington Times retracts Seth Rich op-ed
Nearly seven months after publication, the Washington Times retracted an op-ed about Seth Rich, the former Democratic National Committee staffer...
by David W. Moore on Oct 01, 2018
Gallup Says “Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years” – Really?
It may seem surprising that a Gallup poll last week (before the Brett Kavanaugh/Dr. Christine Blasey Ford hearings) reported the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2018
WashPost adds editor’s note on child molester article, says man had ‘sex with’ child instead of rape
The Washington Post's article about the rape and impregnation of a 10-year-old girl originally said the perpetrator had sex with...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2018
Is Location of Suicide Too Much Info to Publish?
Best practices for reporting on suicide dictate that journalists shouldn't provide too much information about how someone died. But does...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2018
Editor misread article, wrote bad headline
The Oxford Mail, a daily newspaper in Oxford, England, claimed a local mayor was "forced to hand over the chains." But,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2018
Japanese mag Shincho 45 to shut down after anti-LGBT article
Japanese monthly magazine Shincho 45 published an article that claimed LGBT people do not "produce children" and "lack productivity, and therefore, do...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2018
Fox News axes contributor after ‘reprehensible’ Christine Blasey Ford tweets
Fox News fired contributor Kevin Jackson for his offensive tweets about Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who testified today at a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford Credibility Poll Question from NYT ‘Insensitive’
The New York Times posted a Twitter poll today asking readers to say whether they believe Christine Blasey Ford, who...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2018
AP Deletes Tweets Calling Murder Victims Prostitutes
In the latest edition of tweets gone wrong, the Associated Press deleted a tweet because it referred to murder victims...