by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2018
WashPost, CBS, NBC add editor’s note on Lanny Davis stories
Lanny Davis, the attorney for Pres. Donald Trump's former "fixer" Michael Cohen, told BuzzFeed he was an anonymous source for...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2018
Celeb magazine called Stacey Solomon ‘boring, desperate & cheap’
UK celebrity magazine Now called former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon "boring, desperate and cheap" on its front cover. Solomon...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2018
Corrections: USA Today copied and pasted from NYT, Carr fire not over 100K square miles
iMediaEthics' latest round of corrections and errors: 1. USA Today 'mistakenly' used NYT paragraph USA Today accidentally used a paragraph...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2018
Sydney Morning Herald published unverified anecdote
Fairfax Media, which publishes the Sydney Morning Herald, admitted it published an unverified story about then-Australian Broadcasting Corp. managing director...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 29, 2018
No one voluntarily used IPSO’s arbitration scheme, now it is compulsory
Readers upset about press coverage in many UK news outlets--and feel they have legal grounds for a case--can now go...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 28, 2018
Photo of former Parliament member ‘nuzzling’ another woman invasion of privacy
A story in the UK Sun last November claimed that a former British Parliament member, Lembit Opik, was called a "rat"...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 27, 2018
Daily News sued by dancer for using pic with Sopranos club being shut down
The New York Daily News published a story about a New Jersey gentleman's club, Satin Dolls, being closed down for...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2018
Jewish Chronicle must correct after Holocaust denier claims
The London-based weekly Jewish Chronicle claimed a UK man named Mike Sivier was a Holocaust denier. But, Sivier says he doesn't deny...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2018
Irish Independent sent reporter to child’s funeral after parents asked for privacy
An Irish family's four-year-old daughter, Georgia Anne Callan, drowned in a pool during a family vacation. The girl's parents told...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2018
BBC quoted Sir David Attenborough but it was from Facebook fan page
The BBC misattributed quotes from a fan page to Sir David Attenborough in a June 23 radio broadcast. iMediaEthics found...