by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2016
NZ Radio Host Miles Davis Complains over Spinoff Homophobic Article
New Zealand news site The Spinoff called a radio host named Miles Davis homophobic but didn't include any evidence for...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2016
TSA didn’t find marijuana on Cleveland Browns’ Josh Gordon, Scout.com retracts
Male-focused news site Scout.com retracted a story that wrongly claimed TSA agents stopped and searched National Football League player Josh Gordon last...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2016
The Verge fires editor who secretly got job at Apple
A Verge deputy editor, Chris Ziegler, was secretly working for Apple almost the entire summer without disclosing it to his editors....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2016
Jo Cox Attacker ‘Brexit Nut’ OK to say, IPSO rules
More than 300 people complained to the UK press regulator after the Daily Star called the person who killed Parliament member...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2016
No, Hundreds of Syrians haven’t been arrested for rape & child abuse
The UK Daily Star , a tabloid, wrongly reported that "hundreds of Syrians [were] arrested in the UK for rape and...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 30, 2016
Undercover Sheikh Mazher Mahmood’s Trial over Tulisa Drugs Claims ongoing
Mazher Mahmood, the undercover reporter in the UK known as the "fake sheikh," is still on trial in the UK...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2016
John Greathouse Apologizes for Women in Tech article suggesting they use initials
Venture capitalist John Greathouse apologized for his Wall Street Journal article suggesting women in tech use aliases online to avoid...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2016
Fox News Memo reminds: Online polls ‘just for fun,’ not scientific
Fox News reminded staff that online polls are "just for fun" and that it should only cite scientific polls. Earlier...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2016
Portland’s KGW, reporter Chris Willis apologize for offensive comments in Magid interview
Portland, Oregon reporter Chris Willis, who works for NBC-affiliate KGW (Channel 8), and his boss, executive news director Rick Jacobs,...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2016
Ahmed Mohamed aka ‘Clock Boy’ & Father Suing over Media Coverage claiming ‘Hoax Bomb’ or Stunt
Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas "clock boy" who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school to show his teachers, is...