by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2017
NYT wants apology from Fox News over Al-Baghdadi ISIS report
Fox News has blamed reporting by the New York Times for allowing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to "sneak away...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2017
Vallejo police officer did NOT say N-word, San Francisco CBS affiliate retracts
San Francisco CBS-affiliate KPIX reported that a police officer called a black driver he pulled over the n-word. But the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2017
Sinclair TV News stations used 2016 photo of Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson’s arrest to illustrate unrelated 2017 crime stories
Two Sinclair Broadcasting-owned TV news stations used a photo of Black Lives Matters activist Deray McKesson being arrested during a...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 16, 2017
Irish Independent: Why Irish news site’s pale pink apology for stealing photos isn’t good enough
Earlier this year, Irish court news service CCC.Nuacht and the Irish Independent newspaper sued TheLiberal.ie for copyright infringement, alleging plagiarism,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2017
WSJ tweets ‘Something’s Not White’ with Venus Williams Wimbledon Picture, Quickly Hits Delete
The Wall Street Journal's tweet about Wimbledon featuring Venus Williams was out of bounds. The Journal tweeted, "Something's not white!...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2017
Missouri Columnist Exaggerated What Happened During Police Stop, Now Suspended
Longtime Columbia Tribune columnist Bill Clark was suspended after he wrote a column about being pulled over by the police....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2017
The Australian Retracts: TV Chairman didn’t Sell 88% of his Stock Shares in His Company
The Australian wrongly reported that the chairman of Australia's Ten Network television station sold 88% of his shares in the...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 29, 2017
Vice’s Motherboard Retracts Donald Trump, Disney Hall of Presidents Stories
Vice-owned technology culture news site Motherboard retracted two stories that claimed Walt Disney World's Hall of Presidents was struggling to...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2017
Hospital treating Grenfell Tower Fire Victims drops complaint against Sun reporter
King's College Hospital, one of the hospitals treating Grenfell Tower fire victims in London, accused a Sun reporter of posing...