by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2020
Mail on Sunday wrongly called man fixer for child abusers, now paying $230K
The Mail on Sunday is paying about $233,000 (£180,000) after falsely accusing a man of being a "fixer" for child...
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by Sydney Smith on Feb 14, 2020
Sunday World claimed man who died from pneumonia died from a heroin binge
Belfast's Sunday World claimed a man and his son died because of drug abuse. However, the mothers of both of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 15, 2020
Australian news outlet: Sorry we said you threatened to slit someone’s throat
Australian news outlets claimed that a sports reporter, Josh Massoud, threatened to slit someone's throat. Now, at least one site,...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 16, 2020
Guardian misled with ‘plot’ to ‘smuggle’ Assange story
The Guardian's 2018 story claiming there was a "plot" to "smuggle" Julian Assange to Moscow was misleading, the Guardian now...
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New Guardian readers editor
The Guadian has a new readers editor, Elisabeth Ribbans. Ribbans introduced herself in a Feb. 2 column as a former...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 17, 2020
Stanford Daily retracts article of satire about Purdue Pharma
The Stanford Daily retracted a satiric article about prescription drug prices for not meeting its standards. The Stanford Daily is...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2020
The Australian newspaper must pay $227K to former politician over wife, novel claims
The Australian newspaper falsely claimed a former Parliament member, Dr. Dennis Jensen, left his wife to move in with another...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 21, 2020
Corrections: Den of Destruction or Dysfunction, Rod Blagojevich, Coronavirus Infection Rate
iMediaEthics' latest round-up of amusing or noteworthy corrections includes errors about the infection rate for coronavirus and Rod Blagojevich's sentence....
by Sydney Smith on Feb 24, 2020
BBC axes commentator for ‘young black lads’ comments
The BBC fired football commentator Craig Ramage after he said "young black lads" needed "pulling down a peg or two."...