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...
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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 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 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 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...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2018
Steve Wynn’s lawsuit against AP dismissed
Casino magnate Steve Wynn's libel lawsuit against the Associated Press for reporting on sexual misconduct allegations against him has been...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2018
Radio New Zealand wrongly said paraphrase was quote
Radio New Zealand, the New Zealand public broadcaster, wrongly attributed quotes to psychologist Michelle Levy, the broadcaster itself admitted. Levy...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2018
NPR Interview with Jason Kessler ‘Painful to hear,’ Ombuds says
NPR upset many listeners when it aired an interview with Jason Kessler, who organized the white nationalist "Unite the Right...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2018
OK to Quote from Reader E-mail, Not Invasion, Media Council Says
It was OK to publish quotes from an e-mail from a reader to a journalist since the writer didn't indicate...