by Sydney Smith on Jan 09, 2019
New York Times crossword puzzle included Hispanic slur
The New York Times' crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz apologized after a recent crossword puzzle had a Hispanic slur as...
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by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2019
NBC-affiliate meteorologist axed over MLK slur, but he says he just ‘jumbled’ words
Rochester, New York NBC-affiliate WHEC chief meteorologist Jeremy Kappell called a local park "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Park." A...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 08, 2019
ESPN played ‘Dixie’ with Andrew Luck, Civil War graphic
ESPN broadcast a graphic depicting the quarterback for the NFL Indianapolis Colts, Andrew Luck, as a Union general during the...
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 , Sydney Smith on Jan 04, 2019
Le Monde sorry its Macron image suggested Nazism
Le Monde's editor Luc Bronner apologized for a front-page illustration that readers thought compared President Emmanuel Macron to Hitler. The...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 03, 2019
Der Spiegel: Reporter Collected Donations for Fake Syrian Orphan, Charges to be Pressed
Der Spiegel is pressing charges against former reporter Claas Relotius, who the German magazine revealed had faked interviews and articles....
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 Dec 31, 2018
Washington Examiner unpublishes shutdown article, ‘did not meet’ editorial standards
The Washington Examiner unpublished an article about the government shutdown because it "did not meet the Washington Examiner's editorial standards."...
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 Dec 30, 2018
NBC News adds editor’s note to Trump Christmas military visit story
On Christmas Day, NBC News published an article online that listed all Christmastime visits to active military from 2001 until...