Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’ a ‘Blunder,’ NYTimes public editor says

It was "regrettable" that the New York Times called Michael Brown, the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson,...

Sky News will be investigated by UK broadcast regulator OfCom for its Malaysian crash coverage after host Colin Brazier sifted...

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet apologized after one of its columnists compared a football [soccer] team to both Adolf Hitler and the...

The New York Post went too far this morning with its print edition's cover image showing freelance journalist James Foley...

After writing for Thought Catalog about transphobia, Gavin McInnes must take an "indefinite leave of absence" from his job as...

The BBC had to apologize for a local radio host's "banter" about race, the Guardian reported. BBC host Iain Lee,...

Fox News showed a random YouTube video clip in its coverage of Robin Williams' death instead of an actual clip...

Celebrity and entertainment site Radar Online published a photo purporting to show actor Robin Williams, who was found dead this...

CNN's Nischelle Turner apologized for saying Robin Williams had "demons" earlier this week in reporting on his death last Monday, Media...