by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2013
KTVU Fires 3 Producers for Asiana Flight 214 Fake Pilot Names Error
Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU fired three producers who were involved in its July 12 viral mistake in reporting racist and...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2013
Ireland’s President NOT Gay, Writer calls Error ‘Inexcusable’
Forbes wrongly reported that Ireland's president Michael D. Higgins is gay, the Associated Press reported. The July 23 article described...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 24, 2013
Hong Kong Journalist Quits, Says South China Morning Post Tampered with Her Quotes
Hong Kong journalist Liu Yi quit the South China Morning Post alleging the newspaper changed quotes from an interview, The...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2013
Beyonce’s Dad Sues the Sun, Claims Interview ‘False,’ Broken Promise to be Paid
Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles filed a libel lawsuit against the UK Sun for its reporting earlier this year that his...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2013
Rupert Murdoch on his Secretly Taped Comments about Hacking, Bribery Scandals: ‘I regret my choice of words’
In a July 17, 2013 letter to a member of Parliament, Rupert Murdoch responded to the secretly recorded tape of...
by Michael Schwartz on Jul 20, 2013
NY Times Arouses Scottish Ire after Suggesting Andy Murray is English
The New York Times’ recap of Andy Murray’s historic victory at Wimbledon was initially lambasted on Twitter due to a...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2013
Journalism Student Will Write About You for C$100, Raising $ for Columbia Grad School
Queen's University student Joanna Plucinska started a campaign to raise 50,000 Canadian dollars for her tuition to Columbia Graduate School...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2013
Liz Cheney Running for Senate, Fox News Ends Contract
Fox News won't use Liz Cheney as a political analyst because of her plans to run for Senate next year,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2013
The Indian Express: Newspaper Names Child ‘Sex Abuse’ Victims
The Indian Express, a daily Indian newspaper based in Chennai, has been slammed for identifying children who are victims of...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2013
Philadelphia Daily News said Mandela Dead, BUT only to ‘some media outlets’
An image of the Philadelphia Daily News' front page that was emailed to other media outlets clearly shows that the newspaper wrongly reported...