by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2020
Car splashing police officer video staged, Sun corrects & unpublishes
At least two UK news outlets reported on a staged video as if it were real. The video showed car...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2020
Guardian readers Editor on Covering Coronavirus News
The Guardian readers editors looked at how the Guardian has covered coronavirus news. The Guardian's readers editor, Elisabeth Ribbans, wrote...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 24, 2020
Was a UK man really killed by Yorkshire pudding?
The UK Daily Star reported that a man was killed by a Yorkshire pudding after choking. But the man's daughter...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2020
How to report on Sudden Infant Deaths: New Guidance from the UK
For reporters covering sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death, there is new guidance from the UK. The...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2020
How the Guardian decides to call an attack ‘terrorism’
The Guardian doesn't call an attack terrorism until authorities do, new Guardian readers editor Elisabeth Ribbans explained. The issue came...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2020
BBC: OK to call Brexit rally ‘very white’
It was OK for BBC host Geeta Guru-Murthy to call a Brexit rally "very white," the BBC itself concluded last...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2020
Newspaper apologizes, donates $ after wrong suicide report
The Basildon Echo apologized after wrongly claiming a man's son left a suicide note. The Echo's Oct. 2019 article, "Inquest...
by David W. Moore , Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2020
Restaurant owner didn’t insult customer, Birmingham Mail unpublishes
The Birmingham Mail reported a restaurant owner called a customer who left a bad review a "d**khead." But, it turned...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2020
UK Morning Star cartoon was ‘offensive to trans people’
The UK Morning Star published a cartoon that 'was offensive to trans people," the newspaper itself admitted. In a Feb....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2020
Calling group ‘monkeys’ wasn’t racist, IPSO rules
A black businesswoman argued that a columnist was racist when he referred to her and others as "monkeys." But, that...