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Retired NFL Player's Lou Gehrig's Disease Mocked, 3 Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired

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Retired NFL Player's Lou Gehrig's Disease Mocked, 3 Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired

By: Sydney Smith

June 18, 2013 11:45 AM EST

Atlanta's 790 The Zone radio station hosts Steak Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini made fun of former NFL player Steve Gleason, who has Lou Gehrig's disease. The station responded by apologizing and firing the...

'Too many gosh darn foreigners' ('Asians') on LPGA Tour, Radio Host Fired after comment

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'Too many gosh darn foreigners' ('Asians') on LPGA Tour, Radio Host Fired after comment

By: Sydney Smith

June 18, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Rochester, New York news radio WHAM-AM fired radio host Craig Schaller for his comments about Asian golf players in a column for the station's website, Fox...

White Sox Manager Didn't Say That! Fort Worth Star-Telegram Prints Fake Quote on Graduations

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White Sox Manager Didn't Say That! Fort Worth Star-Telegram Prints Fake Quote on Graduations

By: Sydney Smith

June 16, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram was hoaxed by a satirical website into publishing a fake quote. The Texas newspaper had published the fake quote in a June 11 editorial on controversial graduation speeches. It has since...

Sports Reporter Fired after 'Tremendous Amount of Sex' Freudian Slip

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Sports Reporter Fired after 'Tremendous Amount of Sex' Freudian Slip

By: Sydney Smith

May 15, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Comcast SportsNet Chicago fired sports reporter Susannah Collins earlier this month, according to the sports media website Sherman Report. The May 3 firing came just days after she botched her comments about a Chicago...

BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'

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BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'

By: Sydney Smith

May 09, 2013 10:35 AM EST

The BBC announced that it fired sports broadcaster Stuart Hall the same day that UK prosecutors confirmed he "pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on young girls" between 1967 and 1986, the Associated Press...

2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'

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2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 03:30 PM EST

Washington Wizards pro basketball player Jason Collins announced in a very high-profile May 6 Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he is gay. And within a few days of Collins' story being published online,...

UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

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UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

By: Sydney Smith

April 22, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Chattanoogan.com blogger and veteran sports broadcaster Randy Smith retracted his April 10 blogpost, apologized for quoting Geno Auriemma, head coach of University of Connecticut women's basketball team The Huskies, out...

Front-Page Photo Featuring Teen Skater's Crotch was 'Unfortunate,' says Globe and Mail

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Front-Page Photo Featuring Teen Skater's Crotch was 'Unfortunate,' says Globe and Mail

By: Sydney Smith

March 19, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Globe and Mail public editor Sylvia Stead joined "many readers" in complaining about the newspaper's March 18 front page photo of a teenage figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond. Osmond, 17, is pictured kicking her leg...

Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?

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Was Times of London Hoaxed by French Satire story on Qatar Dream Football League?

By: Sydney Smith

March 14, 2013 06:05 PM EST

The Times of London denied that it was hoaxed by a French satire article, but the evidence against the paper looks pretty solid. The Times' Oliver Kay...

Bikers' Angst? What do 5 Polls Say about Bike Lane Anxiety?

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Bikers' Angst? What do 5 Polls Say about Bike Lane Anxiety?

By: David W. Moore

February 14, 2013 04:45 PM EST

According to a recent article in the New York Times, the city’s bike riders are anxious about the future of bike lanes in the post-Bloomberg era. The “cycling haven” created by Mayor Bloomberg’s...

EVENT: Why is Sports Media Dominated by Men? Media Ethics Forum at Loyola Marymount University

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EVENT: Why is Sports Media Dominated by Men? Media Ethics Forum at Loyola Marymount University

By: Sydney Smith

January 21, 2013 11:00 PM EST

Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is holding a forum on "Media Ethics and Social Responsibility" according to an event notice on its website. The free event is Feb. 25. The forum...

Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 2: SpyGhana Lifts without Credit Story, Later Unpublishes & Corrects

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Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 2: SpyGhana Lifts without Credit Story, Later Unpublishes & Corrects

By: Sydney Smith

January 16, 2013 08:15 AM EST

The Standard was not the only media outlet to get tangled up in the Mike Tyson sex change story. SpyGhana, which describes itself as "Ghana's leading general news and information destination online," also...

Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 1: Zimbabwe's the Standard Denies Being Tricked

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Mike Tyson Sex Change Hoax, Part 1: Zimbabwe's the Standard Denies Being Tricked

By: Sydney Smith

January 15, 2013 07:30 AM EST

Zimbabwe newspaper The Standard ran a story claiming that Mike Tyson was having a sex change. But, after news outlets including the BBC called them out for being hoaxed, The Standard denied that it had been tricked and...

Alabama Football or Beauty Pageant? ESPN makes Brent Musburger shut up about Alabama QB's Girlfriend's good looks

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Alabama Football or Beauty Pageant? ESPN makes Brent Musburger shut up about Alabama QB's Girlfriend's good looks

By: Sydney Smith

January 13, 2013 10:35 AM EST

ESPN apologized Jan. 8 for comments made by the network's Brent Musburger about the girlfriend of a football player shown during the Jan. 7 Notre Dame- University of Alabama football game, ABC News...

Is Sports Reporter's Cancer Fundraising a Conflict of Interest?

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Is Sports Reporter's Cancer Fundraising a Conflict of Interest?

By: Sydney Smith

January 02, 2013 01:45 PM EST

Local TV sports anchor Randy Shaver and his news director Jane Helmke defended against any possible conflict of interest in Shaver's holding fundraisers at local sports events, according to the Star...

UK Sunday Times to Lance Armstrong: Pay Us Back Our $1.5 million

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UK Sunday Times to Lance Armstrong: Pay Us Back Our $1.5 million

By: Sydney Smith

December 31, 2012 09:00 AM EST

ESPN Claims It Wasn't Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop

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ESPN Claims It Wasn't Wrong to Deny Blog Credit for Scoop

By: Sydney Smith

December 06, 2012 06:00 AM EST

ESPN apparently does not like giving credit where credit is due. Case in point: After ESPN originally credited sports blog Sports by Brooks, which "broke the story" of Louisiana State University's head...

Anonymous Source Criticizes Anonymously Sourced Comments about New York Jets

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Anonymous Source Criticizes Anonymously Sourced Comments about New York Jets

By: Sydney Smith

November 20, 2012 04:00 AM EST

An anonymous New York Jets player criticized news outlets, including the New York Daily News, that used anonymous sources to talk about the team, Metro reported. The "prominent Jets player...who spoke on the...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Fake Reporter Contacting Teen Athletes for Pictures

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Fake Reporter Contacting Teen Athletes for Pictures

By: Sydney Smith

November 17, 2012 05:00 PM EST

Someone was impersonating a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, the Associated Press reported. The phony reporter is "calling high school female athletes at home and asking to take their pictures and interview...

LATimes Reporter on World Series Error: Corrections 'acknowledge that we are human'

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LATimes Reporter on World Series Error: Corrections 'acknowledge that we are human'

By: Sydney Smith

November 02, 2012 06:00 AM EST

The Los Angeles Times corrected an Oct. 29 article on the San Fransisco Giants' World Series victory but took the correction a step further by including an explanation from the reporter on how the error was made, how the...

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