South African Newspaper Wrong to Claim Business Owner Bribed for Tax Debt Forgiveness
South Africa's City Press accused a man of bribing a government official to forgive a tax debt. City Press, a Sunday…
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UVA Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members win appeal, can sue Rolling Stone for ‘Rape on Campus’
The controversy surrounding Rolling Stone's "A Rape on Campus" article is not going away. The 2014 article by Sabrina Rubin…
Daily Star Published Photo of Person who wasn’t missing in Ariana Grande Manchester Bombing
In the panic after the Manchester bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert earlier this year, which killed 22 and…
Corrections: Sorry we said you were transgender, Which Thomas Frank & Where’s Kosovo?
iMediaEthics rounds up interesting and newsworthy corrections every few weeks. Check out our latest collection! 1. The New York Times…
‘World leaders were duped over global warming?’ IPSO rules against Mail on Sunday’s climate change story
The UK Mail on Sunday claimed "world leaders were duped over global warming" and had been "convinced" to invest to…
PBS names Madhulika Sikka its next public editor, ombudsman
Madhulika Sikka will be PBS's next ombudsman, iMediaEthics has learned from PBS. Sikka is a former executive editor of National…
NYTimes Errs in Book Review on Campus Rape, ‘Blurred Lines’
If reviewers are going to call out authors for factual errors, they better be sure they have their own facts…
Village Voice Reviewing Kevin Deutsch’s Freelance Article on Filipino Drug War
iMediaEthics has been closely covering Kevin Deutsch, the former Newsday and New York Daily News staffer who has more than…
Freelancer Dave Lozo loses gig after calling ESPN public editor ‘dumbest person’
This past week has seen a Twitter controversy within a larger, political controversy. It started with ESPN commentator Jemele Hill's…
Scottish Newspapers Made it Possible to ID Sex Crime Victim
The Daily Record and the Paisley Daily Express, based in Glasgow, Scotland, made it possible for a sex crime victim…