French journalist suspended for ‘burying the Pokemons’ comment about Chinese coronavirus burials
French journalist Emmanuel Lechypre apologized after commenting that the Chinese were "burying the Pokemons" in reference to the burials of…
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RT loses appeal of OfCom fine
RT, formerly known as Russia Today, will have to pay the £200,000 fine issued by UK broadcast regulator OfCom. RT…
UK Coronavirus Deaths, Language Ban, Deaths outside of hospital, and COVID-19 Photo Caption fails
An April 2 correction from the Guardian: "A front-page article (Daily death toll reaches record high of 381 in UK,…
Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend’s brother suing National Enquirer
Michael Sanchez, the brother of Jeff Bezos's girlfriend, is suing the National Enquirer for $75 million over its reporting on…
South African news site unpublishes Bill Gates, coronavirus vaccine story
South Africa's News 24 unpublished an article with a headline about Bill Gates and a potential coronavirus vaccine. News 24…
Reporting on Suicide in Taiwan: New Law Restricts
Reporting on suicide in Taiwan? There's a new law that dictates the amount of information media can report. And if…
Oklahoma newspaper apologizes for April Fools’ Day prank that students needed to repeat grade
Oklahoma newspaper the Sapulpa Times published an April Fools' Day prank story falsely claiming that the local school was going…
CBS uses Italian hospital footage in NYC coronavirus report
CBS News used a video footage from an Italian hospital room in a story on the coronavirus pandemic in New…
Can COVID-19 last on glass? How many ventilators? And, the cost of direct cash payments
The following is a roundup of newsworthy and noteworthy mistakes in reporting on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic. A March…
Reuters retracts Coronavirus FDA test story. Was it April Fools’ hoax?
Reuters published a story today claiming that a company called Bodysphere had received FDA authorization for a test for coronavirus.…