Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Yahoo News Says Barack Obama Born in Kenya

U.S. President Barack Obama born in Kenya? Yahoo News made that mistake in a recent article. According to Mediaite, in...

The Wall Street Journal posted a funny correction June 19, Jim Romenesko noted. The newspaper had printed the wrong measurements...

For the first time in 18 years, the Toronto Star had to run a front-page apology after wrongly saying that...

Comcast SportsNet Chicago fired sports reporter Susannah Collins earlier this month, according to the sports media website Sherman Report. The...

CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. ...

It is easy to critique the media for errors during national breaking news like the Boston Marathon bombing, but what...

Howard Kurtz apologized May 5 on his CNN program Reliable Sources for his now-retracted Daily Beast article about NBA player...

The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment...

Oops! Yahoo News wrongly used a picture of director John Singleton with a news story about The Office actor John...