by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2020
AP sorry for cropping Ugandan climate advocate out of photo
The Associated Press apologized for cropping out Ugandan climate advocate Vanessa Natake from photos taken at the World Economic Forum...
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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 But, that statistic was out-of-date.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 Sep 07, 2019
Harvey Weinstein didn’t plead guilty, AP retracts
The Associated Press retracted a story after wrongly reporting former film producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 27, 2019
NYT, AP, USA Today on Why they published Dead Migrants Photo
The Associated Press distributed an image of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, migrants from El Salvador,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 08, 2019
Say racist, not racially charged: New AP style guidance
The Associated Press stylebook has an updated entry on race, calling for journalists to just say racist if something is...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 11, 2019
Associated Press’s Trump fact check tweet said shutdown ‘takes two to tango’
The Associated Press seemingly equivocated with an "AP Fact Check" tweet about Pres. Donald Trump's Jan. 8 Oval Office address....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 31, 2018
Associated Press deletes Trump birthright citizenship tweet
The Associated Press deleted another tweet this week. This tweet repeated Pres. Trump's comments about birthright citizenship but didn't note...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2018
AP deletes tweet calling Honduran migrants ‘ragged, growing army’
The Associated Press referred to the large group of Honduran migrants moving through Central America as a "ragged, growing army."...
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...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2018
Steve Wynn’s lawsuit against AP dismissed
Casino magnate Steve Wynn's libel lawsuit against the Associated Press for reporting on sexual misconduct allegations against him has been...