by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2017
South African Newspaper Wrong to Claim Business Owner Bribed for Tax Debt Forgiveness
South Africa's City Press accused a man of bribing a government official to forgive a tax debt. City Press, a Sunday...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2017
Rape comments get radio host George Hook suspended
George Hook, the Irish radio host who blamed victims on the air for rape earlier this month, is losing his...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2017
NPR Needs Transparency with Corrections, Public Editor says
National Public Radio doesn't give corrections enough on-air prominence, public editor Elizabeth Jensen recently argued. While NPR does post corrections...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2017
Why did Daily Caller post & then delete Glenn Thrush Chutzpah Video?
The conservative news site The Daily Caller published -- and then, after being accused of anti-semitism, deleted -- a video...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2017
Landlord Didn’t Threaten to Shoot his Tenants, Daily Record Clarifies
The Daily Record in Scotland published one doozy of a clarification after wrongly reporting a landlord threatened to shoot his...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2017
NPR adds editor’s note after criticism of college students offensive speech survey
Would a sizeable chunk of America's college students really use violence against speakers they found offensive? Many news outlets, including...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
Gateway Pundit IDs Wrong Las Vegas Shooter, Hits Delete
Conservative website Gateway Pundit claimed Geary Danley was the Las Vegas shooter who left more than 50 dead. Furthermore, this...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 02, 2017
‘Deeply Unacceptable’ Las Vegas shooting Facebook post gets CBS VP Hayley Geftman-Gold fired
CBS fired Hayley Geftman-Gold, a vice president in the legal department with CBS (not CBS News), after her Facebook comments...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 03, 2017
Globe & Mail gets New Editorial Code, Anonymous Source Policy
The Globe and Mail has updated its anonymous source policy, as well as its overall editorial code, public editor Sylvia...