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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says
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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says
By: Sydney Smith
May 16, 2013 06:00 AM EST
South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption
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South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption
By: Sydney Smith
May 14, 2013 06:00 AM EST
South Korean news organization Yonhap News Agency published a strange side-by-side image of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye with President Barack Obama apparently shaking hands. It's odd because it creates an...
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
Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was 'Sloppy and Inexcusable'
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Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was 'Sloppy and Inexcusable'
By: Sydney Smith
May 06, 2013 09:30 AM EST
Howard Kurtz apologized May 5 on his CNN program "Reliable Sources" for his now-retracted Daily Beast article about NBA player Jason...
Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong
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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong
By: Sydney Smith
May 04, 2013 06:00 AM EST
A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over huge health violations, like selling old, re-used food, including "months old"...
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,...
Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'
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Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'
By: Sydney Smith
April 25, 2013 06:00 AM EST
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...
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...
Reuters Accidentally Publishes George Soros Obituary, at least 3rd Obit Fail in the Media since 2011
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Reuters Accidentally Publishes George Soros Obituary, at least 3rd Obit Fail in the Media since 2011
By: Sydney Smith
April 18, 2013 09:35 PM EST
'We Blew It' Says Philadelphia Magazine, Journalist Admits Duped By Liar In Fact Check Fail
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'We Blew It' Says Philadelphia Magazine, Journalist Admits Duped By Liar In Fact Check Fail
By: Sydney Smith
April 06, 2013 06:00 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...
Drones Delivering Newspapers in France? April Fools' Day Prank Dupes  Drudge Report, Tech Crunch, Washington Times
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Drones Delivering Newspapers in France? April Fools' Day Prank Dupes Drudge Report, Tech Crunch, Washington Times
By: Sydney Smith
April 02, 2013 10:10 AM EST
Several news outlets were hoaxed by a story claiming that France would start using drones to deliver...
North Korean News Agency Fakes Training Drill Photo, AFP Says Photoshopped, Retracts
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North Korean News Agency Fakes Training Drill Photo, AFP Says Photoshopped, Retracts
By: Sydney Smith
March 30, 2013 06:00 AM EST
Did Korean Central News Agency doctor a photo to make it look like North Korea had more hovercraft practicing in a military drill? It appears so. The North Korean government owns and runs the Korean Central News Agency,...
Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'
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Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'
By: Sydney Smith
March 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST
San Jose, California daily newspaper The Mercury News fessed up this week to being hoaxed by a joke tweet claiming that President Barack Obama was going to lend a soccer player Air Force One. The errors began when...
Reporter 'Created Names, Years and Majors' for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories
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Reporter 'Created Names, Years and Majors' for Fake Sources, Univ. of Alabama Student Newspaper Unpublishes 12 Stories
By: Sydney Smith
March 22, 2013 05:00 AM EST
Jane Goodall is Sorry for Monkeying Around Proper Attribution in New Book
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Jane Goodall is Sorry for Monkeying Around Proper Attribution in New Book
By: Sydney Smith
March 20, 2013 11:10 AM EST
Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall apologized after the Washington Post discovered that her forthcoming book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants, co-written by Gail Hudson, fails to attribute "at...
Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
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Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel
By: Sydney Smith
March 11, 2013 06:00 AM EST
A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets -- Florida A & M University's The Famuan and ABC-affiliate WFTV -- for wrongly reporting that he was disciplined because of fellow student...
Was BusinessWeek Cover Racist? Editor-in-Chief Says 'We'd do it differently ' if given second chance
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Was BusinessWeek Cover Racist? Editor-in-Chief Says 'We'd do it differently ' if given second chance
By: Sydney Smith
March 04, 2013 11:15 AM EST
'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...
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