by Sydney Smith on Oct 14, 2014
David Brooks’ Son is in Israel Defense Forces, Should this be disclosed by NY Times?
It's OK for David Brooks to write about Israel but he should tell his readers in his New York Times column...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2014
Naked, murdered body aired on Vermont TV in Crime scene photo
WCAX, a CBS affiliate news station based in Burlington, Vt., showed a "photo of [Melissa] Jenkins' nude body, face-down underwater...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2014
NYPOST pays wronged Boston Marathon ‘Bag men,’ Mum on $ amount
The New York Post settled the libel lawsuit filed by two Boston Marathon spectators over the Post's cover calling them...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2014
Newsweek asks you to email them if you find any ‘lack [of] proper attribution’ by Fareed Zakaria
CNN is standing by Fareed Zakaria for now but Newsweek, one of the many publications where Zakaria has worked, has...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2014
‘Drunk Female Guests’ cause Fraternity Problems? Forbes axes writer
"Drunk female guests are the gravest threat to fraternities." Believe it or not, that was an actual headline for an...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2014
What are Ethics of ‘F*** It I Quit’? Reporter outed as Secret Owner of Marijuana business
Charlo Greene went viral this week after she sensationally quit her job as a reporter for Anchorage, Alaska's CBS-affiliate KTVA.On...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2014
‘Slave ship packed tight’ like airplane seats? Penn. newspaper apologizes for ‘nationally syndicated’ cartoon
Pennsylvania newspaper and website The Lancaster Online apologized to readers after publishing a "deeply hurtful, offensive editorial cartoon" comparing slave...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 11, 2014
Seattle TV news IDs WRONG cab driver for sex assault
Seattle TV news station KIRO's Aug. 8 story aired the photo of the WRONG man when reporting on sexual assault...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2014
California newspaper hoaxed by fake letter
The Malibu Times published a hoax letter to the editor that criticized a local advocacy group, a retraction on its...