by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2013
The Hollywood Reporter Called Angela Merkel, Andrea, in SNL Story
Gawker reported that The Hollywood Reporter got the name of Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel wrong by calling her Andrea Merkel,...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 08, 2013
NYPost says ‘Bag Men’ Headline ‘Attention Getter’ Not Libel
The New York Post responded to the libel lawsuit filed against it by two men labeled "Bag Men" on its...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2013
Toronto Star Paid $5K for Video of Drunk Rob Ford Talking about Killing Someone
The Toronto Star paid a source an undisclosed amount of money for a video of a Toronto mayor Rob Ford,...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2013
Washington Times Fires Senator Rand Paul For Plagiarism
The Washington Times won't let Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) write anymore after it found plagiarism in one of his weekly...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 05, 2013
‘Is it even worth covering media mistakes?’ Politico asks
In response to breaking news errors in reporting on last week's shooting at Los Angeles airport, Politico's Dylan Byers asked...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2013
4 Errors in Slate’s Report on BuzzFeed Foreign News
Slate added a long correction on an article about BuzzFeed "going multilingual." The Slate article, by Evgeny Morozov, is titled:...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 03, 2013
4 More Los Angeles Airport Shooting Corrections
Several news outlets made errors -- and quickly posted corrections in reporting on the shooting at Los Angeles airport Nov....
by Sydney Smith on Nov 02, 2013
NYT Error, Tweets Not From Al-Shabab
The New York Times wrongly quoted from a Twitter account it thought was associated with al-Shabab on its report on...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 01, 2013
Ex-NSA Michael Hayden NOT Dead at LAX, Globe & Mail Calls it ‘Unfortunate Mistake’
The Globe and Mail wrongly reported that former NSA chief Michael Hayden was killed at the Los Angeles Airport shooting...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Oct 31, 2013
Columbia Journalism Review Sued for Libel, Invasion of Privacy by Former Newsweek Teen Source
After four decades of apologizing about his former confidential source Marcy, retired Columbia Journalism School professor Bruce Porter is being...