by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2020
Coronavirus errors: More news media corrections include how to disinfect
NPR's March 13 correction: "In an update of this post on March 12, the total number of world cases was...
Coronavirus / COVID-19
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2020
Daily Californian’s Coronavirus cartoon had ‘harmful stereotype’
The Daily Californian published a coronavirus cartoon with a "harmful stereotype of the Asian ethnic group," the paper admitted in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2020
CNBC host: Saying everyone should be infected with coronavirus ‘stupid’ & ‘absurd’
CNBC editor Rick Santelli apologized March 6 for his "stupid" and "absurd" comment that everyone in the U.S. should be...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2020
Coronavirus Corrections: Roundup
A roundup of noteworthy corrections from news outlets reporting on coronavirus. 1. Newsweek said that the fatality rate for coronavirus...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2020
OK to call Coronavirus ‘China virus’ in headline, Vancouver Province apologizes though
It was OK for the Vancouver Province newspaper to refer to coronavirus as "China virus." The headline, "Coronavirus threat -...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2020
Map DOES NOT show Mass Coronavirus Cremations, Express Corrects
Whoops! The UK Express reported satellite images may have indicated mass cremations of coronavirus victims in China, but the image...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2020
Corrections: Den of Destruction or Dysfunction, Rod Blagojevich, Coronavirus Infection Rate
iMediaEthics' latest round-up of amusing or noteworthy corrections includes errors about the infection rate for coronavirus and Rod Blagojevich's sentence....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2020
CTV reporter lost job over Coronavirus tweet?
Canada's CTV apparently cut ties with journalist Peter Akman after a controversial Coronavirus tweet. Akman posted a picture of himself...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2020
Jyllands-Posten defends China coronavirus cartoon
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten stands by its cartoon about the Chinese outbreak of coronavirus, despite calls from China to apologize. The...