by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2020
NBC New York deletes anti-Semitic attacks tweet
NBC News York posted a tweet suggesting anti-Semitic attacks are because of Hasidic communities moving into the suburbs. The tweet...
US Media Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2019
Marine Corps Times deletes name of reservist, Marine Corps calls for retraction
The Marine Corps Times, a news outlet independent of the military, published the name of a Marine reservist who has...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 14, 2019
Why Burlington Free Press granted anonymity to high school athlete
The Burlington Free Press only used the first name of a person in a story about concussions in high school...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2019
AP, AFP, Reuters, NPR retract child migrant detention stories
News outlets reported that the United Sates currently has 103,000 children in "migration-related detention." But, that statistic was out-of-date. Reuters...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 10, 2019
Mayoral candidate’s lawsuit against Kansas City Star dismissed
The Kansas City Star reported on three mayoral candidates in March, but one of them, Clay Chastain, sued over the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 26, 2019
Iowa newspaper offers unpublishing form for crime victims, non-violent crime stories
The Gazette newspaper in eastern Iowa released what appears to be a new policy for handling unpublishing requests. This policy...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2019
College newspaper regrets ‘I hate black people’ headline quote
College newspaper the Daily Campus apologized to readers Oct. 14 for an "insensitive headline" that read "I hate black people"...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 19, 2019
ABC News’ Turkish attack video was actually Kentucky gun show footage
ABC News used a video of a Kentucky gun show and claimed it was a Turkish attack in northern Syria....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 11, 2019
Appalachian State ‘uninformed’ social justice op-ed was ‘harmful,’ editorial board says
Appalachian State University's student newspaper The Appalachian published an "uninformed and ambiguous" op-ed about social justice, according to the newspaper's...