Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Japanese public broadcaster NHK tweets fake North Korean missile alert

A North Korean missile heading to Japan? Japanese public broadcaster NHK terrified millions of people on Jan. 16 when it...

"Light drinking 'does no harm in pregnancy,'" was the headline of a front-page Times of London story that claimed a...

The UK Mirror reported in August that British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would quit on Aug. 30, 2019....

ABC News inaccurately reported that Donald Trump, as a presidential candidate, asked Gen. Michael Flynn to contact the Russians. The...

Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins falsely claimed a British teacher, Jackie Teale, took her class to a Donald Trump protest. Not...

The UK Independent published a story with a fake byline in September and, even after this ruse was exposed, has continued...

Maybe the reporters and editors at The Daily Telegraph should go back to school because they just flunked interpretive reading. To...

USA Today and the Daily Mail touted that a majority of white Americans feel discriminated against, pointing to a new...

Whoa! Fans have to pay up to $4,000 to shake hands with pop star Ed Sheeran?! Outrageous! Alas, the UK...