Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

Daily Mail Unpublishes Nazi Concentration Camp Reference, Writer Apologizes

The Daily Mail unpublished without disclosure "an offensive paragraph" from a July 4 article on "youth unemployment," the Guardian's Roy...

The Western Mail apologized for writing "LOL" in a caption about a man's death, the UK Press Gazette reported. The...

CNN apologized for playing the Billy Joel song "Only the Good Die young" after a July 6 report on the...

Duluth Fox-affiliate Fox 21 KQDS's news director Jason Vincent apologized and resigned after one of his Facebook posts circulated, the...

Commentary Hilary Hanson's lede in The Huffington Post August 1 article "Body Painting World Record Attempt Leads to Thong Shortage...

CNN apologized for playing Pink's song "Stupid Girls" "as an intro into a report about" Sarah Palin, The Hollywood Reporter...

MSNBC's Chris Hayes apologized May 28 for his May 27 comments about calling soldiers "heroes," the Associated Press reported. He...

The UK Sun's May 2 headline "Bwing on the Euwos" prompted "more than 100 complaints," Journalism.co.uk reported. The headline, which...

Argentine newspaper Clarin must "publish a rectification" online and in print of a 2009 story headline that a court determined...