by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2018
Israeli magazine fires cartoonist after Netanyahu pig cartoon
Israeli magazine the Jerusalem Report fired cartoonist Avi Katz over his cartoon showing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his political...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2018
NJ Radio Station Suspends 2 Hosts for Calling Sikh Attorney General ‘Turban Man’
New Jersey radio station 101.5 suspended hosts Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco after they called New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2018
East Bay Express publisher resigns after unpublishing, N-word use
Last month, the East Bay Express's publisher Stephen Buel unpublished some news stories that he said didn't "live up to...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2018
Northern Echo called birthday party ‘booze-fuelled orgy’
The Northern Echo wrongly claimed a woman's 40th birthday party dinner in Saltburn-by-the-Sea was a "booze-fuelled orgy with sex toys...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 22, 2018
Dover Express met ‘Significant Public Interest’ in Reporting Death of Child
The Independent Press Standards Organisation, the UK press regulator, ruled that The Dover Express did not violate press standards by identifying a child...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2018
News & Observer found 14 cases of ‘plagiarism or inadequate attribution’
The News & Observer, a McClatchy-owned newspaper in Raleigh, N.C., said it was "part[ing] ways" with longtime staff writer Anne...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 19, 2018
Financial Times retracts Russian CEO nepotism claim
The Financial Times claimed Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev got his job through nepotism and friendship with Vladimir...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 18, 2018
Corrections: 8K or 800 Cannabis Deaths? When did that Volcano Erupt?
iMediaEthics's latest roundup of corrections starts below: The Toronto Star corrected a June 27 story by The Canadian Press, a...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 17, 2018
Alex Salmond’s RT show misled with Tweet Questions from People Affiliated with Show or HIm
A television viewer complained that Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland, "invented tweets presented as real from viewers...