Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story

The Sydney Morning Herald made an end-of-year error when it published a picture of the wrong man. Akaash Narayan is...

Canada's TVA Nouvelles, a French TV broadcast news station, admitted it aired "inaccurate and unfounded" information in a news story...

NPR added a lengthy editor's note to its Nov. 30 news report about former Pres. Donald Trump's fixer Michael Cohen...

New Zealand newspaper The Gisborne Herald published a front-page teaser claiming that the film director Spike Lee died. Spike Lee...

The Houston Chronicle completed its review of former reporter Mike Ward's work. In it, the newspaper revealed that it couldn't...

While suspicious packages and bombs were sent to a variety of locations this week -- including the house of former...

The Sunday Times in England claimed actress Rose McGowan called the #MeToo movement a "lie." McGowan shot back, claiming the...

The Oxford Mail, a daily newspaper in Oxford, England, claimed a local mayor was "forced to hand over the chains." But,...

The website Grabien News claimed student reviews "savage" Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett...