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....
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2012
CNN: ‘Regrettable’ to play ‘Only the Good Die Young’ after Sikh Temple Shooting
CNN apologized for playing the Billy Joel song "Only the Good Die young" after a July 6 report on the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
Apologies after Welsh Newspaper Puts ‘LOL’ in Dead Man’s Photo Caption
The Western Mail apologized for writing "LOL" in a caption about a man's death, the UK Press Gazette reported. The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
CNN Corrects after Labeling Metal Band Hatebreed as White Power
CNN added a correction to an August 8 opinion article on "white power music concerts" and their "music scene." The...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 10, 2012
Fareed Zakaria Apologizes for ‘Close Similarities’ in Article, Suspended by CNN & Time
Fareed Zakaria apologized for "close similarities" in part of his column for Time magazine and a blog post on CNN...
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
CNN Admits ‘Mistake’ in Airing Punjab Map with Nikki Haley Segment
CNN said it was "a mistake" to show "a map of India's Punjab province" in a report on South Carolina...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 15, 2012
Clyde Prestowitz Apologizes for Fareed Zakaria Claims, Issues Statement
Clyde Prestowitz has retracted and apologized for his claims that Fareed Zakaria's book The Post-American World didn't credit him for...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 17, 2012
Chinese Newspaper Apologizes for Photoshopping Taiwan’s Flag out of Picture
China's Xiamen Daily Photoshopped an August 16 front-page photo to replace the Taiwanese flag with a Chinese flag, visual journalist...