by Sydney Smith on Apr 09, 2016
Chinua Achebe Died in 2013, So Why Did Sydney Newspaper Publish Obit Last Month?
Did acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe recently die? No. Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, actually died in 2013, but The...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 08, 2016
NYTimes Admits ‘Flawed’ Gay Talese Story
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called the newspaper's article about the controversy surrounding Gay Talese "flawed." Not because...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 07, 2016
Mirror Award Finalists ‘Honoring Excellence in Media Industry Reporting’ Named
Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications announced the finalists for its tenth annual Mirror Awards, "honoring excellence in media...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 06, 2016
Publishing Teenager’s Phone Number was Invasion of Privacy, IPSO Rules
UK newspaper The Brighton Argus accidentally published an 18-year-old's phone number but didn't think it was an invasion of privacy....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 05, 2016
Irish Mail on Sunday Apologizes, Woman never ‘Consented to being Interviewed’
The Irish Mail on Sunday fessed up to publishing an interview with a woman who just lost five loved ones...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2016
Fox News, BuzzFeed Post Michelle Fields’ Phone & Address
BuzzFeed and Fox News both published Michelle Fields' phone number and Corey Lewandowski's personal information. Because of the information briefly...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 03, 2016
Vanity Fair, Marie Claire Update George Clooney Fake Interview Stories, 3 Sites Hit Delete?
This weekend, UK celebrity magazine Hello! fessed up to publishing a fake interview with George Clooney after the actor called...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2016
Hello! Apologizes for Fake George Clooney Interview
Hello! magazine published a fake interview that was alleged to be with George Clooney. However, when the actor called the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 02, 2016
UK Sun: ‘newspapers unpublish articles all the time,’ MP ‘just making trouble for us’
The UK Sun unpublished an article written on information from 2007 characterizing a British manor as a "sink estate," The Guardian...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2016
Associated Press Denies Working with Nazi Regime in response to New Research
The Associated Press denied that it cooperated with the Nazi regime after new research from historian Harriet Scharnberg suggested otherwise....