by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2020
Reuters retracts Coronavirus FDA test story. Was it April Fools’ hoax?
Reuters published a story today claiming that a company called Bodysphere had received FDA authorization for a test for coronavirus....
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2020
Reuters retracts Texas church shooting story
Reuters retracted a story that wrongly claimed the man who shot people in a White Settlement, Texas church in late...
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 But, that statistic was out-of-date.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 27, 2019
Reuters deletes tweet calling Kirsten Dunst ‘Spiderman’s girlfriend’
Actress Kirsten Dunst criticized Reuters for calling her "Spiderman's girlfriend." Reuters tweeted, "Kirsten Dunst, best known for her role as...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 24, 2018
Suspicious package NOT sent to White House, CNN, Reuters update
While suspicious packages and bombs were sent to a variety of locations this week -- including the house of former...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 02, 2018
Reuters editor apologizes after tweeting ‘blood is on your hands, Mr. President’
After the Annapolis newsroom shooting, Reuters editor Rob Cox tweeted, “This is what happens when @realDonaldTrump calls journalists the enemy of...
by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2018
Reuters retracts 2014 story on oil producer firings
Reuters recently retracted a 2014 story. But why? The Oct. 14, 2014 article, "Oil producer Afren fires CEO, 3 other executives...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2017
Reuters on Covering Trump, Associated Press on Fact Checking
In recent weeks, Reuters and the Associated Press have issued memos about how they report -- in Reuters' case, specifically...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer , Sydney Smith on Dec 18, 2015
Reuters’ Syrian girl ‘Editor’s Choice’ Photo mystery: Why does she have an extra thumb?
Why is there an extra thumb in this Reuters photo of a Syrian girl in a refugee camp? If you...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2015
To Keep Safe, Danish Paper Won’t Run Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
Despite having dealt with its own controversial past for publishing cartoons of Muhammad, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten said it isn't going...