by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2018
NZ Stuff said ‘elderly choosing to kill themselves’ instead of live in rest homes
New Zealand news outlet Stuff put a headline on a story that didn't match its contents. The June 30 headline...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 06, 2018
NPR Interview with Jason Kessler ‘Painful to hear,’ Ombuds says
NPR upset many listeners when it aired an interview with Jason Kessler, who organized the white nationalist "Unite the Right...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 05, 2018
Radio New Zealand wrongly said paraphrase was quote
Radio New Zealand, the New Zealand public broadcaster, wrongly attributed quotes to psychologist Michelle Levy, the broadcaster itself admitted. Levy...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 04, 2018
‘Final Solution’ Text about Israel winning Eurovision contest offensive
NT News trivialized the Holocaust when it published a text message using the words "final solution" referring to the Eurovision...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2018
Steve Wynn’s lawsuit against AP dismissed
Casino magnate Steve Wynn's libel lawsuit against the Associated Press for reporting on sexual misconduct allegations against him has been...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 02, 2018
Fashion Entrepreneur didn’t call Poor People ‘Scroungers,’ Mirror Admits
The Mirror Online broke press guidelines when it said Dhillan Bhardwaj, a 21-year-old fashion entrepreneur, said he "thought poor were...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 01, 2018
WashPost, CBS, NBC add editor’s note on Lanny Davis stories
Lanny Davis, the attorney for Pres. Donald Trump's former "fixer" Michael Cohen, told BuzzFeed he was an anonymous source for...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2018
Celeb magazine called Stacey Solomon ‘boring, desperate & cheap’
UK celebrity magazine Now called former X Factor contestant Stacey Solomon "boring, desperate and cheap" on its front cover. Solomon...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 31, 2018
Corrections: USA Today copied and pasted from NYT, Carr fire not over 100K square miles
iMediaEthics' latest round of corrections and errors: 1. USA Today 'mistakenly' used NYT paragraph USA Today accidentally used a paragraph...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 30, 2018
Sydney Morning Herald published unverified anecdote
Fairfax Media, which publishes the Sydney Morning Herald, admitted it published an unverified story about then-Australian Broadcasting Corp. managing director...