by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2012
Not ‘Usually Sexual’ Blog Post? PCC Complaint Prompts Correction
The Scottish Daily Mail corrected an April 5 article claiming that a blogger posted "the vilest -- usually sexual --...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2012
Backwards Day at the Wall Street Journal?
Was August 26 backwards day at the Wall Street Journal? Two corrections posted on the Journal's online corrections page that...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2012
Lucky Magazine Accused of Fake Quote
"Shopping & style" Lucky magazine reader Rosemary Avance called out the magazine for running a fake quote praising a free...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2012
Wired Fires Jonah Lehrer, Review Finds Plagiarism, Fabrication, Self-Plagiarism, Uncorrected Errors
After reviewing a selection of Jonah Lehrer's articles for Wired.com, NYU journalism professor Charles Seife determined that Lehrer's work was...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2012
Guardian Corrects 2011 Blog with Conflict of Interest, Ends Contract with Writer
Joshua Treviño's freelance "commentator" position at the Guardian ended in nine days over an old "offensive tweet" and an undisclosed...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2012
NYT Public Editor: Where are Boundaries Btwn News & Editorial?
A New York Times reporter asked to fact check an editorial showed a CIA spokesperson the column before publication, Politico...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2012
Sunday Times Apologizes for Misleading Olympic Torch Comment
The News Corp.-owned Sunday Times apologized for putting a "speech bubble" over a photo of a man holding the Olympic...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2012
Fareed Zakaria Apologizes on Air for Plagiarism
Fareed Zakaria apologized during his Aug. 26 CNN program for having "neglected to quote a New Yorker essay by Jill...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2012
Canadian TV News Errs in ‘Canoodle’ Use
Media errors are even making their way to Dictionary.com. The dictionary website recently featured on its home page a "TV...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2012
Yahoo News Fires David Chalian for ‘Black People Drowning’ Comment at Republican National Convention
Yahoo News fired its Washington bureau chief David Chalian for "inappropriate" comments during the Republican National Convention. Chalian is quoted as...