Apologies & Retractions in International News Media

Nigerian Tribune Retracts after Publishing Fake Interview, Fires Reporter

The Nigerian Tribune fessed up to publishing a fake interview and fired the reporter who was duped. The fake interviewee posed...

Seventeen years later, notorious fabricator Stephen Glass finally has fessed up to what he faked in his story for Harper's Magazine,...

Have fun explaining this one to your kids: Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten told its readers that Santa Claus was dead. Earlier this month,...

The UK Portsmouth News unpublished and apologized for a column saying people with depression should "stop moaning," UK media site...

The UK Sun hit delete on a Dec. 5 story claiming its reporter Emile Ghessen traveled from Turkey to France over...

Yahoo News published an article about Rihanna's new album Anti, which hasn't been released yet. The article, "Rihanna 'Anti' New Album:...

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has issued an apology after one of its Facebook posts seemingly mocked a rival company's news that it...

The Edinburgh Evening News wrongly reported a former soldier died from an apparent suicide the week he was facing assault charges...

Is Joe Biden running for president? The Washington Post accidentally published a story saying he is, even though at the time no...