by Sydney Smith on Apr 28, 2018
Joy Reid calls homophobic blogposts ‘hateful,’ admits experts ‘can’t prove’ they were hacked
Joy Reid, the popular MSNBC host, said she doesn't think she wrote the homophobic blogposts that were attributed to her...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Apr 26, 2018
New Zealand columnist lost gig with National Business Review, settled lawsuit threat over column on politician
In a March column for the National Business Review, political commentator Matthew Hooton suggested former New Zealand Parliament member Steven...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 25, 2018
South Africa’s Sunday World must apologize to football club Kaizer Chiefs
South Africa's Sunday World was issued the journalism equivalent of a yellow card. That is, the newspaper must apologize to the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 23, 2018
Nigerian news site admits ‘faux pas’ after saying woman ‘destroyed a professor’s career’
Bad taste? Nigerian news site PM News published a news story on a woman who accused her professor as "demanding...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2018
Daily Mail Australia fires reporter after ‘vapid c**ts’ Bachelor story
A Daily Mail Australia online story called contestants on the show Bachelor "vapid c**ts." Now, the reporter on that story has been fired,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2018
River Valley Times apologizes for ‘black men might be better off at home after a certain hour’ column
In a column, weekly newspaper the River Valley Times's Marcia Courson suggested "you black men might be better off at...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2018
Namibian Admits 4 Fake Stories, Says Woman Made up Academic Achievements
The Namibian admitted"failing" its readers by publishing a fake story. But then, the kicker was that the newspaper--the widest circulating...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2018
NPR Retracts, ‘Reporting Mistakes Substantially Undercut the Story’
NPR retracted a story that "did not meet our standards" because "reporting mistakes substantially undercut the story." The April 3...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 11, 2018
BBC Papua New Guinea Documentary Human Planet had Staged Scene
The BBC has admitted this month that a portion of a 2011 documentary on the Korowai people in Papua New...