by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2019
New York Times crossword puzzle included Hispanic slur
The New York Times' crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz apologized after a recent crossword puzzle had a Hispanic slur as...
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by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2019
NBC-affiliate meteorologist axed over MLK slur, but he says he just ‘jumbled’ words
Rochester, New York NBC-affiliate WHEC chief meteorologist Jeremy Kappell called a local park "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Park." A...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2019
ESPN played ‘Dixie’ with Andrew Luck, Civil War graphic
ESPN broadcast a graphic depicting the quarterback for the NFL Indianapolis Colts, Andrew Luck, as a Union general during the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2018
Corrections: Richer than We Said, How to Spell Santa Claus
iMediaEthics' latest roundup of amusing or noteworthy corrections begins below: 1.Bah humbug! Two different NPR reports misspelled Santa Claus's name!...
by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2018
National Review retracts Title IX, date story
National Review, a twice-monthly "magazine of conservative opinion," claimed that a male college student broke Title IX regulations for being...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 28, 2018
No more mugshot gallery for Sun Herald
The Sun Herald is not going to publish mugshot galleries anymore. In addition, the Mississippi newspaper is changing how it...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2018
2018 Photo Fails
We have noticed that the most common type of errors filling up corrections columns relate to the basics -- name...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2018
BuzzFeed Trump Russia Dossier Defamation suit dismissed
Aleksej Gubarev's defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed for naming him in the so-called Trump Russia dossier was dismissed this week. The...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 21, 2018
The Controversial Editorial Cartoons of 2018
In recent years, iMediaEthics has noticed a growing debate over cartoon ethics. Starting back in 2014, we started tracking the...
by David W. Moore , David W. Moore on Dec 19, 2018
Five Takeaways from the Washington Post Fact Checker Poll
Last Friday, the Washington Post published the results of a poll designed explicitly to see how many people believe false...