by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2015
Idi Amin’s Son Complains about Father’s Obit, Guardian Investigates
Eleven years after Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's death, his son, Hussein Amin, complained to the Guardian that its obituary was inaccurate....
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2014
Guardian Expands Handling of Reader Complaints with Review Panel
Readers upset about coverage from the Guardian and Observer now have another way to complain. In late November, the Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 16, 2014
Guardian Didn’t Disclose Author is Married to Subject of Article, Published Program Notes from National Theatre as Article
The Guardian failed to disclose that the author of an article, Sunil Khilnani, is married to the subject of his...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2014
Gypsy Dictionary article should have credited AFP, Guardian Corrects
An Oct. 29 Guardian article contained a few verbatim sentences and the same exact headline from Agence France Presse. Was...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2014
Guardian pays criminal for column that didn’t ‘glorify’ crime
Even though it's not normally acceptable to pay a criminal to write about their crimes, the now-shuttered Press Complaints Commission...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 22, 2014
Guardian Exaggerates CEO Pay Ratio for Public Company, Learns ‘important lesson’ to check data
The Guardian unpublished an Aug. 18 article based on wrong data that exaggerated CEO compensation. The error could leave the...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 10, 2014
Will Guardian stop using term ‘illegal immigrant’?
Will The Guardian stop using the term "illegal immigrant?" Though not unwilling to make a change, The Guardian hasn't decided...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2014
Why the Guardian published photo of grief-stricken MH370 family member
A "small handful" of readers complained about the Guardian's decision to publish a front-page photo of an emotional family member...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2014
Yavuz Baydar Fired But Wins European Press Prize with Guardian, Der Spiegel
Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar was one of the winners of the European Press Prize last week. Baydar sent iMediaEthics a...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2014
Justin Bieber Atlanta protests: 30+ news outlets hoaxed
Countless news outlets were hoaxed by a radio prank claiming Justin Bieber was planning to move to Atlanta and residents...