by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2019
NZ newspaper upset readers with Samoa measles cartoon
The Otago Daily Times, a newspaper in New Zealand, offended readers with a cartoon about the measles outbreak in Samoa....
Sci/Tech/Health Journalism Ethics News
by Sydney Smith on Jan 21, 2020
Boing Boing hacked
The website Boing Boing revealed it was hacked earlier this month. In a Jan. 13 post, the site explained someone...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2020
Jyllands-Posten defends China coronavirus cartoon
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten stands by its cartoon about the Chinese outbreak of coronavirus, despite calls from China to apologize. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2020
Indian news site retracts Satya Nadella story after reporting ‘lapses’
India's First Post, a news website based in Mumbai, wrongly claimed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was postponing a visit...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2020
UK newspaper reported on 2-year-old’s leukemia diagnosis without mother’s OK
A UK newspaper reported about a two-year-old child's leukemia diagnosis, treatment and family. But, the mother of the child never...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 06, 2020
CTV reporter lost job over Coronavirus tweet?
Canada's CTV apparently cut ties with journalist Peter Akman after a controversial Coronavirus tweet. Akman posted a picture of himself...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2020
OK to call Coronavirus ‘China virus’ in headline, Vancouver Province apologizes though
It was OK for the Vancouver Province newspaper to refer to coronavirus as "China virus." The headline, "Coronavirus threat -...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2020
CNBC host: Saying everyone should be infected with coronavirus ‘stupid’ & ‘absurd’
CNBC editor Rick Santelli apologized March 6 for his "stupid" and "absurd" comment that everyone in the U.S. should be...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus Errors: Number of Cases, Airline Aid
National Public Radio's Morning Edition wrongly tweeted that U.S. airlines asked for a paltry $25 in aid because of coronavirus....