by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2011
AFP Retracts Story Linking Le Monde Fiction Story with French Stock Selling
Agence France-Presse (AFP) retracted a story suggesting that French newspaper Le Monde was "the source of false information that has...
Corrections
by Sydney Smith on Aug 14, 2011
CNN Corrects After John Walker Lindh’s Father Lobbies Media Bugs
CNN has corrected its 2009 report labeling John Walker Lindh as a "convicted terrorist" after his father, Frank Lindh, submitted a correction request to Media...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2011
New York Times Exec Editor Bill Keller Had Corrections in 5 of 12 Columns
New York Times' Bill Keller is ending his column for the Times magazine after six months, which may be a...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2011
Fake Tweet Starts Rumor Piers Morgan Suspended
Fake news that CNN host and former Daily Mirror and News of the World editor Piers Morgan had been suspended...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2011
Columbia Journalism Review Criticizes News Outlets for Not Having Correction Policies/Practices Published
Professor Justin D. Martin called out news outlets for having insufficient corrections policies or practices in a recent post for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 28, 2011
Is The Nairobi Star Burying Corrections?
The Nairobi Star's public editor, Karen Rothmyer, weighed in on the Star's corrections policy in a June ombudsman column. According...
by Corinne Segal on Jul 16, 2011
ESPN’s Grantland not transparent with corrections, Craig Silverman says
In a recent Columbia Journalism Review column, Craig Silverman criticized ESPN-backed sports website Grantland for a lack of transparency in its...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2011
USA Today Retracts Claims Delta Won’t Let Jewish People Fly to Saudi Arabia
In late June, a story claiming Jewish people wouldn't be able to fly to Saudi Arabia on Delta Air Lines circulated...
by Corinne Segal on Jul 08, 2011
Irish politician Alan Shatter apologizes for accusing journalist of sensationalism
Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence Alan Shatter apologized after accusing an RTÉ reporter of "tabloid sensationalism," The Independent reported. "I...