Apologies & Retractions: 376 Stories

February 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Cherokee Scout editor Robert Horne resigned this week just days after apologizing for trying to obtain the gun records of local residents, Jim Romenesko reported. The request was for "all Cherokee County County...

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

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...

IDing Sex Assault Victim 'Alarming' says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

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IDing Sex Assault Victim 'Alarming' says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

February 22, 2013 04:00 AM EST

UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student's Suicide After PCC complaint

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UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student's Suicide After PCC complaint

February 20, 2013 10:45 PM EST

The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission, according to a recent resolution report on...

Cowboy Photo Exhibition Essay Stolen, Canadian Fast Forward Magazine Admits Plagiarism, Unpublishes Art Review

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Cowboy Photo Exhibition Essay Stolen, Canadian Fast Forward Magazine Admits Plagiarism, Unpublishes Art Review

February 17, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Sorry For $20K Payment to Jonah Lehrer says Knight Foundation

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Sorry For $20K Payment to Jonah Lehrer says Knight Foundation

February 15, 2013 07:00 AM EST

The Knight Foundation paid $20,000 for Jonah Lehrer to speak about his plagiarism and fabrication scandal earlier this week. As iMediaEthics has written, last summer Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker and was fired from...

Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?

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Wait! CNN Not Hoaxed? Chris Dorner Coverage Gone Wrong AGAIN?

February 13, 2013 02:00 PM EST

Yesterday, CNN deleted information from its live blog on the search for former police officer Chris Dorner and said that it found out the interview had been with someone posing as the mayor of Big Bear Lake, Jay Obernolte,...

Hong Kong Leader wants retraction for corruption claims, Economic Journal Apologized But Won't Retract

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Hong Kong Leader wants retraction for corruption claims, Economic Journal Apologized But Won't Retract

February 09, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The daily newspaper The Hong Kong Economic Journal has already apologized to readers over a Jan. 29 commentary piece, but the subject of that article, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, wants the article...

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

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...

Elephant Polo? UK Telegraph Pays Naomi Campbell Libel $ For Fake Story

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Elephant Polo? UK Telegraph Pays Naomi Campbell Libel $ For Fake Story

February 01, 2013 07:40 AM EST

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

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...

El Pais Retracts Fake Photo of Hugo Chavez, Apologizes

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El Pais Retracts Fake Photo of Hugo Chavez, Apologizes

January 24, 2013 06:30 PM EST

Daily Spanish newspaper El Pais ran a fake photo of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez on its front page and briefly online, the Guardian reported. According to Mondo Times, El Pais has a "circulation of...

Harper's Tricked by Satire Fake News Story about 'Visual Allergies' Lawsuit?

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Harper's Tricked by Satire Fake News Story about 'Visual Allergies' Lawsuit?

January 24, 2013 07:00 AM EST

Harper's Magazine has owned up to being tricked by a satire story by releasing corrections online, in print, and on Twitter. But, in response to its error, some of the magazine's...

'More women than James Bond'? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages

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'More women than James Bond'? Fake Roger Moore Interview Hoax, UK Newspaper pays damages

January 23, 2013 10:30 AM EST

Newspaper The Sunday People apologized and announced it's paying Roger Moore "damages and legal costs" after its touted September interview with Moore turned out to be a hoax, the Press Gazette...

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'

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...

The Atlantic Takes $ from Scientology for Advertorial that Looked Just Like Real Article with Comments Section

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The Atlantic Takes $ from Scientology for Advertorial that Looked Just Like Real Article with Comments Section

January 19, 2013 07:00 AM EST

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

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

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...

Australia's Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse

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Australia's Media Spy Hoaxed by Phony Interview with Actor Accused of Child Sex Abuse

January 13, 2013 06:55 PM EST

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