by Sydney Smith on Sep 08, 2015
No Photos in Bild Today after Syrian Toddler Picture
Bild didn't use any pictures in today's issue. The move was to emphasize the "power of photography" in light of photos of the...
Germany
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2015
German Radio Station apologizes for Anti-Semitic Comments on Berlin Philharmonic Conductor-to-be
German radio station NDR apologized after publishing an anti-Semitic slur about the future conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Kirill Petrenko,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Don’t say Germanwings Pilot Committed Suicide, NPR advises
National Public Radio advised its staff against using the word "suicide" to describe Germanwings pilot Andrea Lubitz, who crashed a...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2014
Freelancer fired for tweets, said German broadcaster ‘whitewashed’ Tiananmen Square
German international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle fired blogger Su Yutong for tweeting about "internal issues" including a claim that the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2014
German magazine’s Michael Schumacher ‘Awake!’ cover misleads readers
Readers have complained about German magazine Die Aktuelle's bait-and-switch cover issue, Australia's News.com.au reported. Die Aktuelle is a weekly women's...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 26, 2014
Why Mark Zuckerberg Octopus Cartoon Evokes ‘Nazi Propaganda,’ German Paper Apologizes
German cartoonist Burkhard Mohr apologized after his cartoon of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was accused of anti-Semitism and invoking "Nazi propaganda."...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2014
Journalist Impersonated a Priest to Get Hospital Access To Brain Injured Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher's manager said a journalist posing as a priest tried to sneak into Schumacher's hospital room in Grenoble. Schumacher...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2013
The Hollywood Reporter Called Angela Merkel, Andrea, in SNL Story
Gawker reported that The Hollywood Reporter got the name of Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel wrong by calling her Andrea Merkel,...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 17, 2013
Nelson Mandela NOT Dead, Germany’s Deutsche-Welle Wrong
Deutsche Welle, Germany's international radio network, wrongly reported that Nelson Mandela died. In a June 14 retraction statement, the German "international broadcaster"...
by Nicole Salomon on Jan 31, 2013
Fmr Bild Journalist Bought German Actor Otti Fischer’s Sex Video, Acquitted of Coercion Charges
A journalist who paid for a sex video showing a top German actor in bed with two prostitutes has been...