Apologies & Retractions in International News Media

NBC Brian Williams’ derring-do untrue, Not in Iraq helicopter crash in 2003, Apologizes

Brian Williams falsely claimed on air last week that he was in a helicopter that was shot down in 2003...

Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun is starting a public editor position to handle reader complaints and reactions, the paper announced...

Staff members from the Chinese newspaper Shenzhen Evening News secretly took photographs of Yao Beina, a beloved pop star who had...

Deadspin was duped by a satirical story claiming that the 2016 Olympics would have 3-on-3 basketball. The fake claims came...

A Fox News commentator Steven Emerson falsely claimed that Birmingham, England doesn't allow non-Muslims. Emerson said Jan. 11 that there...

Boston.com fired associate editor Victor Paul Alvarez after he published a story questioning whether U.S. House Speaker John Boehner had...

MSNBC's Chris Hayes aired a photo from France in his coverage of the bombing of a Colorado Springs NAACP office....

Former Fox News contributor Dr. Ben Carson apologized after being busted for plagiarism. As iMediaEthics has previously reported, Fox News...

Boston.com reporter Hilary Sargent was suspended and re-assigned for her coverage of Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman, who challenged...