by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2020
Corrections: Political Party Swaps, Que Sera Sera, Botched Recipe
iMediaEthics' latest round-up of amusing or noteworthy errors in the media include a botched recipe, confusion about identification and a...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 11, 2020
Cosmopolitan won’t publish Bachelor cover
Cosmopolitan won't publish on its website its own cover image for a Bachelor edition, editor-in-chief Jessica Pels wrote. Pels explained...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2020
SEC Network slams Barry Booker for ‘scantily clad girls’ comment
The SEC Network, which is owned by ESPN, criticized commentator Barry Booker for saying about the SEC women's gymnastics athletes,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2020
Gayle King ‘very angry’ at CBS’s out-of-context clip from her interview with Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant
CBS used an excerpt of Gayle King's interview with retired WNBA star Lisa Leslie that "did not reflect the nature...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 10, 2020
3 News Outlets Misidentify Black politicians
The BBC, the UK Evening Standard and Getty Images all mislabeled photos of black politicians. According to the Guardian, the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 09, 2020
Roy Moore suing Washington Examiner over 5 articles
Judge Roy Moore, a U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, is suing the Washington Examiner over its reporting on him. In...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2020
Piers Morgan ‘ashamed’ of 1980s ‘inappropriate language’ over TV gay kiss
Piers Morgan apoloized for a 1980s news story he wrote that described a gay kiss on TV as a "homosexual...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 08, 2020
Mayor’s lawsuit over Barstool Sports fake Boston Globe interview dismissed
Boston-area mayor Joe Curtatone's lawsuit against Barstool Sports and host Kirk Minihane was thrown out. Curtatone sued last year over...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 07, 2020
Toronto Sun published too many ‘explicit details’ of child sex assault case, wasn’t transparent with updates
The Toronto Sun published too many "explicit details" of about allegations of child sexual assault, the Canadian National News Media...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2020
UK newspaper reported on 2-year-old’s leukemia diagnosis without mother’s OK
A UK newspaper reported about a two-year-old child's leukemia diagnosis, treatment and family. But, the mother of the child never...