by Sydney Smith on Jan 26, 2020
ABC News wrongly reported all 4 Kobe Bryant daughters killed, corrects
Shortly after the news circulated that Kobe Bryant was on the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas, California, Sunday, ABC News...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Jan 14, 2020
Newspaper publishes obit for football player who is still alive
Another newspaper has "killed" someone off. In this case, the Southern Daily Echo, which is in Southampton, England, reported that...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2020
CBS New York fires reporter after ‘HIV attack’ story
CBS New York fired an unnamed reporter over a story claiming there was an "HIV ATTACK" when an alleged suspect...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2020
Reuters retracts Texas church shooting story
Reuters retracted a story that wrongly claimed the man who shot people in a White Settlement, Texas church in late...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2020
BBC apologizes for tweet saying number of Yiddish speakers ‘severely depleted’
The BBC apologized after its World Service Twitter account tweeted, "Yiddish was once spoken by more than 10 million people,...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2020
NBC New York deletes anti-Semitic attacks tweet
NBC News York posted a tweet suggesting anti-Semitic attacks are because of Hasidic communities moving into the suburbs. The tweet...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2020
ITV apologizes for Stormzy racist comments
UK broadcaster ITV apologized to rapper Stormzy for problems in its reporting on his comments about racism in the UK....
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2019
CBS News uses pic of Elijah Cummings instead of John Lewis
CBS News used a photo of deceased Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) with a story on Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) and...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2019
ESPN told LSU Tigers’ Joe Burrow about Carley McCord death, apologizes
An ESPN host, Dari Nowkhah, asked a college football quarterback about the death of one of his coach's family members...