by Sydney Smith on Feb 02, 2018
Film critic Roeper gets new Twitter account, reinstated at Sun-Times after fake followers report
The Chicago Sun-Times will reinstate film critic Richard Roeper but he is starting a new Twitter account after he was...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 01, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times suspends Richard Roeper after fake Twitter follower report
The Chicago Sun-Times's film critic Richard Roeper was suspended from the newspaper after the New York Times reported he bought...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2017
Chicago Sun-Times stands by theater critic after race, police comments
Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss upset some readers of the newspaper with her review of Antoinette Nwandu's play Pass...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 28, 2014
Why was Dave McKinney’s political reporting removed from Chicago Sun-Times? Quits with open letter
Political reporter Dave McKinney publicly quit the Chicago Sun-Times last week. On the way out the door, McKinney raised several ethical...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 03, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times apologizes, retracts ‘Laverne Cox is not a woman’ op-ed
The Chicago Sun-Times unpublished an op-ed calling transgender people "delusional," GLAAD reported. The op-ed was written by Kevin D. Williamson...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2014
Chicago Sun-Times blocks its commenters for ‘negativity, racism, hate speech’… ‘temporarily’
The Chicago Sun-Times is fed up with their commenters' behavior, which the editors describe without varnish as often "a morass...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times Turns Off Comments on Obama Campaign Staff Member’s Death
The Chicago Sun-Times turned off comments and added an editor's note to an article about the death of an Obama...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times Editor Calls Reporter’s Tweets ‘Offensive’
The Chicago Sun-Times editor Jim Kirk commented on "a series of offensive tweets about women" by the Sun-Times' Joe Cowley,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times Music Critic Fired for Fake Info in Glee! Live Review
The Chicago Tribune reported that Paige Wiser was fired from the Chicago Sun-Times after faking part of her review of Glee!...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 15, 2010
Minnesota Vikings Players Ignore Chicago Sun-Times’ Anonymously Sourced Story
Minnesota Vikings players dismissed the Chicago Sun-Times's article claiming that Vikings players wanted their head coach Brad Childress fired, the Minnesota...