by Sydney Smith on Apr 09, 2020
USA Today changes Coronavirus symptoms fact check from partly false to true
USA Today changed a fact check on coronavirus symptoms from partly false to true. In an April 3 correction, USA...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 29, 2019
USA Today deletes underwear survey story
USA Today deleted a story based on a survey about underwear because it "did not meet our standards." The article...
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 David W. Moore on Mar 22, 2019
Fundamental Errors with USA Today poll claiming “Half of Americans say Trump is victim of a ‘witch hunt’”
Earlier this week, a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll made big claims about the Mueller investigation, President Trump's "witch hunt"...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2019
USA Today editor published blackface photo in college yearbook
USA Today's editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll admitted she published a blackface photo when she was editor of her college yearbook. In...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 12, 2018
A day after Trump’s op-ed, USA Today publishes fact check
A day after publishing an op-ed by Pres. Donald Trump, USA Today separately published a fact check of the op-ed....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2018
USA Today’s Brett Kavanaugh basketball story edited, gets opinion label
USA Today published an article saying Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "should stay off basketball courts for now when kids...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 27, 2017
No, Majority of White Americans didn’t say they felt discrimination
USA Today and the Daily Mail touted that a majority of white Americans feel discriminated against, pointing to a new...
by Sydney Smith on May 29, 2017
Why so many errors in Center for Public Integrity, USA Today front-page tax reform story?
USA Today posted one doozy of a correction for a front-page story on North Carolina's taxes. In a May 9...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 07, 2017
Gannett columnist: Football player hit son due to slave memory?
A sports column appeared on Gannett publications' websites, including USA Today, that suggested professional football player Adrian Peterson hit his son...