Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

Barstool Sports fires writer after Mackenzie Lueck post

Barstool Sports unpublished an article and fired writer Francis Ellis after his article about Utah college student Mackenzie Lueck. Police...

TMZ admitted "we were wrong" to rapper T.I. after publishing a story about the cause of death and autopsy results...

Kansas City Sports Radio 810 WHB suspended host Kevin Kietzman after his comments about Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid...

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a link to a video showing the fatal shooting of a police officer. The video...

Talk Radio, a UK speech radio station, fired host George Galloway, saying he had "antisemitic views." After his firing, Galloway...

Al Jazeera has suspended two journalists for publishing a video saying the Holocaust was "different from how the Jews tell...

The Harvard Lampoon, a satire publication, apologized for an offensive picture showing Anne Frank wearing a bikini. The picture was...

The BBC fired radio host Danny Baker for tweeting a racist picture. The picture, which he captioned "Royal Baby leaves...

Mary Bubala, an anchor for Baltimore CBS-affiliate WJZ, apologized after an insensitive question asking if Baltimore needs "a different kind...