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Cleveland 'Hero' Charles Ramsey's Criminal Past Highlighted, ABC Affiliate says 'Sorry'

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Cleveland 'Hero' Charles Ramsey's Criminal Past Highlighted, ABC Affiliate says 'Sorry'

By: Sydney Smith

May 11, 2013 07:00 PM EST

WPIX-TV airs 'Best Sex Ever' Sunday at 10 AM when Kids seek cartoons,'This is uncharted territory' Parents Television Council says

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WPIX-TV airs 'Best Sex Ever' Sunday at 10 AM when Kids seek cartoons,'This is uncharted territory' Parents Television Council says

By: Rhonda Roland Shearer

May 03, 2013 06:00 AM EST

While New York children were watching TV and munching on cornflakes while parents slept in, New York's WPIX-TV (PIX Channel 11) aired a program called "Best Sex Ever"’ on a recent Sunday morning. ...

Cape Cod Times, Macy's Say Sorry for 'Unintentional' Pressure Cooker Ad Published next to Boston Marathon Bomb Stories

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Cape Cod Times, Macy's Say Sorry for 'Unintentional' Pressure Cooker Ad Published next to Boston Marathon Bomb Stories

By: Sydney Smith

April 20, 2013 12:30 PM EST

The Cape Cod Times apologized to readers for putting an advertisement for a pressure cooker next to a story about the pressure cooker bomb used in the Boston Marathon explosion, Jim Romenesko reported. "The news...

'Joking about me being killed really isn't funny' Meghan McCain says

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'Joking about me being killed really isn't funny' Meghan McCain says

By: Sydney Smith

April 13, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Indigenous People Protest 'Hate Speech' in Nanaimo Daily News, Will Boycott Newspaper's Printing Service

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Indigenous People Protest 'Hate Speech' in Nanaimo Daily News, Will Boycott Newspaper's Printing Service

By: Sydney Smith

April 05, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Indigenous people opened their newspapers last week in Western Canada to read, in a letter from a reader, that their race "never had a written language," "made almost no inventions" and "have a...

Calling Transsexuals 'Bed-wetters in bad wigs' OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment

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Calling Transsexuals 'Bed-wetters in bad wigs' OK with PCC, Rules not Discrimination or Harassment

By: Sydney Smith

March 27, 2013 02:15 PM EST

Even though complainants in the U.K. found the Observer's column about transgender people was "offensive," the Press Complaints Commission ruled that the column didn't break the PCC's Editors...

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...

'Ugly' Sorority Members? Rutgers Satire Newspaper Admits to 'Cruel, Debasing Manner'

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'Ugly' Sorority Members? Rutgers Satire Newspaper Admits to 'Cruel, Debasing Manner'

By: Sydney Smith

March 04, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Rutgers University "satirical fake news" paper The Medium apologized Feb. 27 for an article "written in a cruel, debasing manner that does not reflect the values or goals of our...

Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

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Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

By: Sydney Smith

February 25, 2013 01:20 PM EST

Satire site The Onion apologized today for its "senseless, humorless comment" about Quvenzhane Wallis, who was a nominee for last night's Best Actress award at the Oscars. As Gossip Cop reported, last...

Australian Mag Also Publishing Kate Middleton Bikini Pics, UK's ITV Sorry for Showing

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Australian Mag Also Publishing Kate Middleton Bikini Pics, UK's ITV Sorry for Showing

By: Sydney Smith

February 16, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Italian magazine Chi won't be alone in publishing the pregnant bikini photos of Kate Middleton on vacation in Mustique. The Australian magazine Woman's Day said it plans to publish the photos, the Guardian...

'Nothing is Sacred' says Evan Rachel Wood, Daily Mail Unpublishes Her Ultrasound Pic

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'Nothing is Sacred' says Evan Rachel Wood, Daily Mail Unpublishes Her Ultrasound Pic

By: Sydney Smith

February 14, 2013 07:15 PM EST

The Daily Mail's website unpublished a story and photos about actress Evan Rachel Wood's ultrasound after Wood complained on Twitter. According to Wood's tweets, she wasn't flaunting the photo around...

Washington Post Misquoted Satire Story, Not Just Duped, Says Daily Currant

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Washington Post Misquoted Satire Story, Not Just Duped, Says Daily Currant

By: Sydney Smith

February 12, 2013 06:00 PM EST

iMediaEthics wrote earlier today about the Washington Post's correction after being duped by a satire story claiming Sarah Palin would be working for Al Jazeera. As we explained, the Post's story...

Gun Cure for Hiccups? NBC Affiliate's Tasteless FB Joke Prompts Criticism, Apology

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Gun Cure for Hiccups? NBC Affiliate's Tasteless FB Joke Prompts Criticism, Apology

By: Sydney Smith

February 07, 2013 07:00 AM EST

Dallas-Fort Worth NBC-affiliate KXAS apologized Feb. 2 for an insensitive Facebook post promoting a news story about a "Fort Hood soldier [who] was fatally shot after his friend tried to cure him of the hiccups by...

'If It's Not in Print...It's Not Real,' Says Toronto Star Columnist, Controversial Rape Trial Lede

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'If It's Not in Print...It's Not Real,' Says Toronto Star Columnist, Controversial Rape Trial Lede

By: Sydney Smith

February 02, 2013 08:00 AM EST

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English responded to crtiicism of Star columnist Rosie DiManno's controversial opening sentence that a victim "lost a womb but gained a penis" in her report on a sexual assault...

UK Times' Netanyahu Cartoon Prompts 100+ Complaints, Murdoch Apology, Accusations of Blood Libel

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UK Times' Netanyahu Cartoon Prompts 100+ Complaints, Murdoch Apology, Accusations of Blood Libel

By: Sydney Smith

January 29, 2013 07:00 PM EST

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and the Times' editor apologized after criticism of the UK Sunday Times' Jan. 27 cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Guardian...

800 Complaints to the PCC, the Observer's Transgender Column 'Should Not Have Been Published'

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800 Complaints to the PCC, the Observer's Transgender Column 'Should Not Have Been Published'

By: Sydney Smith

January 22, 2013 09:30 AM EST

A controversial column on transgender people that ran in The Observer and was later removed from its website has led to an apology from the newspaper, a protest, hundreds of readers' complaints and now a Press...

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...

'Humorous'? UK Sun Ombudsman defends 'Greedy Bulgars' headline about Bulgarian family

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'Humorous'? UK Sun Ombudsman defends 'Greedy Bulgars' headline about Bulgarian family

By: Sydney Smith

December 20, 2012 01:00 PM EST

The UK Sun's ombudsman told iMediaEthics that the headline "Greedy Bulgars" -- referring to a Bulgarian family -- was only "a humorous play on words." The Bulgarian Embassy in London, however, begs to...

After Hoax Kate Middleton Hospital Call, 2Day FM's Axes Show, Suspends 'Prank' Calls, Reviews Practices

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After Hoax Kate Middleton Hospital Call, 2Day FM's Axes Show, Suspends 'Prank' Calls, Reviews Practices

By: Sydney Smith

December 11, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Mel Greig and Michael Christian of 2Day FM -- the Australian DJs who prank-called Kate Middleton's hospital posing as Queen Elizabeth and Prince William -- publicly apologized yesterday. The apology...

MSNBC Removes 'Joke' Calling Lindsey Graham a Woman

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MSNBC Removes 'Joke' Calling Lindsey Graham a Woman

By: Sydney Smith

December 09, 2012 07:05 PM EST

MSNBC edited a guest's joke calling U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham a woman from its "re-air" of Nov. 28's Morning Joe program, Media Bistro's TV Newser reported. The joke, referring...

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