by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2017
NOT AN ISLAMIC ACTIVIST: UK Telegraph Apologizes Again & Offers Payout
Last year, the UK Daily Telegraph published a report alleging "Islamic activists" were trying to to thwart "Prevent," the UK...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2017
Providence Journal identified its own anonymous source, Will police officer sue?
It was bad enough that the Providence Journal outed an anonymous source in a story retraction. But then, the editors...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2017
Anti-Semitic Column on BBC Hosts results in Irish Sunday Times retraction, apology
The Irish edition of the Sunday Times unpublished and apologized for an offensive anti-Semitic column that described Jewish people, and specifically...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2017
Soccer player Romelu Lukaku: Fake news about him being a Muslim who can’t get Heineken award
UK news sites the Sun, the Mail, the Express and the Mirror all unpublished stories after falsely claiming Manchester United...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2017
Fact check fail: Sports Illustrated duped by fake Twitter account story on Ole Miss Coach
Sports Illustrated fumbled the ball with a tweet about Ole Miss possibly hiring former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly. The site...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 28, 2017
Madonna gets Privacy Violation Payday after Mail Online’s Story on Adopted Twin Daughters
The Mail Online is paying Madonna and her newly adopted four-year-old twin daughters, Stella and Estere, after the singer sued...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2017
‘Substantially True’: NBC Called Shooting Targets ‘Bombs For Sale;’ Sporting Goods company loses libel suit
Sporting goods company Tannerite Sports LLC lost its libel lawsuit against NBC News, which had called its shooting targets "bombs...
by David W. Moore on Jul 24, 2017
Public Evenly Divided over Impeachment of Donald Trump: USA Today/iMediaEthics Poll
Americans are torn on whether the Congress should impeach Donald Trump and remove him from the presidency – with 42%...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 20, 2017
Corrections Roundup: NYTimes duped by fake North Korean Twitter, LA Times mixes up Cairo & Red Sea & CSN Chicago apologizes to WetButt23
iMediaEthics rounds up interesting, newsworthy and sometimes even entertaining corrections from time to time. Below, see our latest assortment. 1. The...