by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2019
Australia Channel 7 hoaxed, said cricket player now a kazoo player
Australia's Channel 7 was duped by a fake news story claiming cricket player Cameron Bancroft joined the music band Tame...
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by Sydney Smith on Jan 28, 2019
2 UK News outlets use photo of wrong person with same name
Two news outlets failed by using photos of the wrong person with the same name in news stories. The errors...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 17, 2019
Australia’s Network 10 Uses Pic of Wrong Family with Dead Dad Story
This type of mistake happens all too often. Just a few weeks ago, iMediaEthics collected noteworthy examples of media outlets...
by Sydney Smith , Sydney Smith on Jan 10, 2019
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
The Sydney Morning Herald made an end-of-year error when it published a picture of the wrong man. Akaash Narayan is...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 26, 2018
Australian politician suing BuzzFeed for ‘slut-shaming’ story
Australian politician Emma Husar is suing BuzzFeed over its story reporting that former staff members complained about her, accusing her...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2018
Fairfax Media owes cricket player $220K for claiming he exposed himself
Australia's Fairfax Media must pay $300,000 Australian to cricket player Chris Gayle after the company's news outlets published stories claiming...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2018
Calling financial specialist a forensic accountant is misleading & wrong
The Courier-Mail was inaccurate and misleading when it reported on the findings of a person identified as a forensic accountant...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 07, 2018
Sky News Australia axes host for calling Chinese ‘slanty-eyed, yellow-skinned’
Sky News Australia fired host Ross Cameron after he called Chinese people "black-haired, slanty-eyed [and] yellow-skinned," the Guardian reported. Cameron...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2018
Australian radio host Alan Jones doesn’t think he was ‘a bully or a misogynist’ but sorry for Opera House interview
Australian radio host Alan Jones apologized after an interview in which he admitted that some listeners felt he was acting...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 17, 2018
Australian Broadcaster Claimed Family Responsible for Deaths in Floods
Australian broadcaster Alan Jones and two Macquarie Media-owned radio stations, 2GB and 4BC, must pay nearly Australian $4 million (almost...