by Sydney Smith on Jul 12, 2017
Fox & Friends Corrects Comey Memo Top-Secret Claim
Fox News' Fox & Friends accused former FBI director James Comey of leaking top-secret material and "putting our national security...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 11, 2017
Missouri Columnist Exaggerated What Happened During Police Stop, Now Suspended
Longtime Columbia Tribune columnist Bill Clark was suspended after he wrote a column about being pulled over by the police....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2017
The Australian Retracts: TV Chairman didn’t Sell 88% of his Stock Shares in His Company
The Australian wrongly reported that the chairman of Australia's Ten Network television station sold 88% of his shares in the...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 09, 2017
Do 7% Think Chocolate Milk Comes from Brown Cows? NPR covered marketing stunt, Ombuds says
Do 7 percent of Americans really think chocolate milk comes from brown cows? Probably not, but a non-scientific survey created...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 08, 2017
Scottish Paper quoted Assault Victim, used summary instead of her exact words
Scottish daily newspaper the Press and Journal misquoted the court testimony of a woman who accused a man of assault....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 07, 2017
Afghan TV Station Aired Teen ISIS Terrorist Threat ‘I will slaughter you in your homes’
Muhammad Riyad was the 17-year-old who attacked and injured five people on a train in Wuerzburg, Germany, last year, before...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 06, 2017
Caution News Media: 10 Questions Reporters should ask before Publishing Info from Social Media, UK regulator IPSO says
It was a cautionary tale when news outlet employees published photos and information lifted from social media accounts to illustrate...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 05, 2017
Why CNN was accused of Blackmail over HanAssholeSolo Story
CNN has been accused of blackmail over its story about HanAssholeSolo, the Reddit user who posted the doctored video of...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 04, 2017
Is it Tuesday or Thursday? And other recent media corrections
Keeping track of the days of the week can be a problem. Salon faced that problem last month when it...
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Guardian’s WhatsApp article ‘flawed,’ Guardian didn’t properly respond to 70+ experts’ criticism
Five months after publication, the Guardian's readers editor Paul Chadwick concluded the newspaper's January article on messaging service WhatsApp was...