by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2018
5 Errors Toledo Blade made in Reporting on Police Shooting
The Toledo Blade "messed up" when it reported on a breaking news story about a police officer shooting a man...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2018
Sky News Australia interviewed extremist, says it was an ‘error of judgment’
Sky News Australia aired an interview with Blair Cottrell, who was "convicted of 'violent assault, intimidation and racial vilification'" according...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2018
UK radio host suspended, ‘completely lacked sensitivity’ interviewing sex assault victim
UK radio host James Whale "completely lacked sensitivity" when interviewing journalist Nichi Hodgson, who said she was sexually assaulted, his...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 07, 2018
7 Daily Mail staff got disciplinary notes after errors in story
The UK Daily Mail sent "strongly worded disciplinary notes" to seven staff members over a problematic story about a man...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 04, 2018
Poem in The Nation said to have ‘disparaging and ableist language’
It is not often that a poem comes under fire for ethical issues, but The Nation was accused of publishing one...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2018
KTVU Apologizes for Nia Wilson Gun Photo
Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU aired a photo of Nia Wilson, a black woman who was fatally stabbed by a white...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2018
Australian newspaper’s cartoon on Greek fire tragedy was ‘offensive, insensitive & in bad taste’
The Advertiser, an Adelaide, Australia-based daily tabloid, upset readers with a cartoon about the Greek wildfires. The cartoon, by Jos...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2018
Malcolm Turnbull didn’t pick elections date, ABC corrects
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. claimed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull chose the date for five by-elections in July, which would conflict...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2018
NJ Radio Station Suspends 2 Hosts for Calling Sikh Attorney General ‘Turban Man’
New Jersey radio station 101.5 suspended hosts Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco after they called New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir...