by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2018
2018 Photo Fails
We have noticed that the most common type of errors filling up corrections columns relate to the basics -- name...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 28, 2018
No more mugshot gallery for Sun Herald
The Sun Herald is not going to publish mugshot galleries anymore. In addition, the Mississippi newspaper is changing how it...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2018
7 programs from Russia’s RT broke bias guidelines, UK regulator says
Seven programs from Russian state-funded RT (formerly Russia Today) broke bias guidelines, the UK broadcast regulator OfCom ruled. Further, OfCom said,...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 31, 2018
Corrections: Richer than We Said, How to Spell Santa Claus
iMediaEthics' latest roundup of amusing or noteworthy corrections begins below: 1.Bah humbug! Two different NPR reports misspelled Santa Claus's name!...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 01, 2019
Latvia gets Media Ethics Council
Latvian journalism organizations created a media ethics council this month. The Latvian media ethics council plans to have a journalism...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2019
UK news story on suicide could have caused copycat deaths, regulator rules
The UK Northampton Chronicle & Echo broke guidelines for reporting on suicide by publishing way too much information about the...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2019
Canadian TV News claimed mosques wouldn’t let women on worksite
Canada's TVA Nouvelles, a French TV broadcast news station, admitted it aired "inaccurate and unfounded" information in a news story...
by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2019
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
The Sydney Morning Herald made an end-of-year error when it published a picture of the wrong man. Akaash Narayan is...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 13, 2019
Corrections: Far Side of the Moon Pictures, Committee to Project Journalists?
We're barely into 2019, but we already have some entertaining and noteworthy media corrections to flag. 1.We've seen pictures of...