by Sydney Smith on Apr 18, 2017
White Men Can’t Vote? Fake Huffington Post Blogpost Taken Down after Author Can’t be Verified
White men around the world should be banned from voting for twenty years...or so a blogpost on Huffington Post South...
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by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2017
Top 2017 Corrections so far: Billy Graham Not Dead AGAIN, Ivanka not Mrs. Donald Trump
Every so often, iMediaEthics rounds up interesting or entertaining corrections from the news media. Below, check out some that have...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2017
Rolling Stone settles Rape on Campus lawsuit
One lawsuit down, one to go? This past week, Rolling Stone settled University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo's libel lawsuit...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 15, 2017
Sun’s Kelvin MacKenzie compared British soccer star of African descent to a gorilla, is suspended, investigated for hate crime
The UK Sun columnist Kelvin MacKenzie compared a British soccer player of African descent to a "gorilla." “I get a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2017
Blake Shelton, In Touch Settle Libel Lawsuit over Rehab, Affair stories
Country singer and NBC The Voice host Blake Shelton settled his libel lawsuit against celebrity magazine In Touch Weekly. "Details...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2017
Pilot Flying Around the World Says ‘Not 1% Truth’ in Mail Online story
A British man, Colin Hales, built his own small aircraft and is flying around the world. But the media coverage of his...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2017
Melania Trump: Daily Mail pays almost $3 million to settle Escort Libel Lawsuit
The UK Daily Mail paid U.S. First Lady Melania Trump approximately $3 million after reporting claims she had been an...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 12, 2017
Why was United Passenger Dr. David Dao’s 13-year-old conviction newsworthy? Courier-Journal defend
The video of Dr. David Dao being yanked and dragged off a United flight has gone viral, with countless news...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 11, 2017
Undercover sex tape of Indian politician backfires, 5 journalists arrested
Indian TV news channel Mangalam claimed a housewife asking for help from an Indian politician sent the station an audio...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2017
Arab News columnist wants State Department job, asked that his anti-Trump columns be deleted
Andrew Bowen, an Arab News columnist, wrote pro-Hillary Clinton and anti-Trump columns for the newspaper. Now, he wants a job under Pres....