by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2017
ESPN sorry for Fantasy Football Auction after Slave Auction Complaints
ESPN apologized for a fantasy football auction segment that viewers complained had disturbing echoes of a slave auction. The Aug....
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 26, 2015
No More ‘Slave Mistress’ at NY Times
The New York Times won't use the phrase "slave mistress" anymore after complaints over its use in its August 16...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2015
Libel Lawsuit against NYTimes for Slavery ‘Not So Bad’ Comments Dismissed
The New York Times won't be sued for libel over its article quoting a Loyola professor saying slavery was "not...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 24, 2015
PBS Apologizes for Not Reporting Ben Affleck Slave-Owning Ancestor or Request
Two PBS executive producers -- Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Dyllan McGee apologized for agreeing to ignore the fact...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2015
PBS Investigating Ben Affleck Slave-owning Ancestor Episode after Sony e-mails posted on Wikileaks
U.S. public broadcaster PBS is investigating its producers' agreement to not report that an ancestor of actor Ben Affleck owned...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 15, 2014
‘Slave ship packed tight’ like airplane seats? Penn. newspaper apologizes for ‘nationally syndicated’ cartoon
Pennsylvania newspaper and website The Lancaster Online apologized to readers after publishing a "deeply hurtful, offensive editorial cartoon" comparing slave...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 07, 2014
‘Almost all the blacks in his book are victims,’ Economist said in review, hides byline
The Economist apologized and retracted a book review that criticized the book for its negative portrayal of white and black...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 05, 2014
This is NYT’s Oldest Correction: NYT fixes errors from 1853 Article about a Slave
A correction on an 1853 story about Solomon Northup, the man whose story became the Oscar-winning movie 12 Years a...