by Sydney Smith on Aug 03, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Book with Fake Quotes Recalled by UK, US Publishers
As we wrote earlier this week, Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine was revealed to include fake quotes attributed to Bob Dylan....
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2012
The Sun Corrects Animals, STDs & Boy Band One Direction Story after PCC Complaint
What brings a pop band, animals, and sexually-transmitted diseases together? A recent correction from the UK Sun, according to the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
UK Daily Telegraph Apologizes for Calling Irish Boxer British
The UK Telegraph apologized after erring in the nationality of an Olympics athlete, the Irish Independent reported. The Telegraph had...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 11, 2012
Elton John Claims the Times of London Libeled Him
The News Corp.-owned Times of London corrected a June 21 article "The Secrets of Tax Avoiders" but Elton John still...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 12, 2012
UK Newspaper Corrects Letter from Reader after PCC Complaint
The Nelson Leader published a "clarification and apology" for a "reader's letter" containing errors about a woman's work "remuneration," which...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2012
UK Observer Readers Complain Newspaper Neglects News Coverage for Olympics, Readers Editor Says
The UK Observer's readers editor Stephen Pritchard responded to reader complaints that the newspaper has given too much coverage and...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2012
BBC Apologizes for saying Olympic Athlete’s Family Members Died
The BBC apologized on air for wrongly saying an Olympics boxer's mother and sister died, Yahoo Sports reported. The apology...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2012
Heat Mag Broke Accuracy Code with Fazer Story, PCC Says
The UK Press Complaints Commission found that UK magazine Heat broke the PCC code with its story "Fazer told me...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 16, 2012
Ecuador: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Have Asylum
Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino announced August 16 it would give Julian Assange asylum "because of the fears expressed by...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 18, 2012
Daily Mail Unpublishes Nazi Concentration Camp Reference, Writer Apologizes
The Daily Mail unpublished without disclosure "an offensive paragraph" from a July 4 article on "youth unemployment," the Guardian's Roy...