by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2015
Daily Beast IDs Wrong San Bernardino Shootings Suspect, Mixes up Syed Farook with brother of same name
The Daily Beast named the wrong person as the suspect in the San Bernardino shootings, mixing up one of the...
Media Business Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Dec 08, 2015
BBC: Coverage of Syed Farook & Tashfeen Malik’s Apartment ‘Appropriate and Relevant’
The BBC stands by its coverage of the San Bernardino shootings, specifically its footage from inside the apartments of Syed...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2015
Survey said 33% Drunk Vegetarians Eat Meat? Did Huff Post, Telegraph, USA Today fact check?
Do a third of vegetarians really go for hamburgers and bacon after drinking too much? Media from the Huffington Post...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2015
Do Refugees Get Better Benefits in Canada than Senior Citizens? Public Editor Fact Check Says No & Explains Viral Error
Refugees don't get better government benefits in Canada than Canadian senior citizens, the Toronto Star's Kathy English reported. The false...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2015
Why show Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik Photos? San Diego Union-Tribune Explains its Decision after Reader Complaints
San Diego readers didn't want to see pictures of the two San Bernardino shooters, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, San...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2015
Harper’s Issues its First Retraction, Stephen Glass Faked at least 71% of ‘Prophets and Losses’
Seventeen years later, notorious fabricator Stephen Glass finally has fessed up to what he faked in his story for Harper's Magazine,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 17, 2015
NYTimes adds editor’s note to Tashfeen Malik Social Media Story
The New York Times added an editor's note today to its story "U.S. Visa Process Missed San Bernardino Wife's Online Zealotry" on...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2015
Daily Telegraph Corrects Suicide Pact, Travellers Movement Story after IPSO Complaint
The Daily Telegraph wrongly said an inquest into the deaths of a married couple found the pair died as part...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 22, 2015
Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Fires Editor after NRA Editorial?
The Sentinel-Tribune fired editor Jan Larson McLaughlin, who had worked for the paper for more than three decades, after she let...