by Sydney Smith on Dec 27, 2017
San Francisco TV News: Sean Combs Looked like he ‘Smoked a Blunt & Drank a 40’
San Francisco Bay Area TV news station KRON4's Henry Wofford suggested Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, P. Diddy, and...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Dec 25, 2017
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski slammed for Mark Halperin accusers comments
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Mark Halperin, the former MSNBC personality who was fired after allegations of sexual harassment, was...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 24, 2017
Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur: Old deleted blogposts about sex ‘insensitive & ignorant’
Cenk Uygur, the founder and host of progressive online news network The Young Turks, learned a valuable lesson that many...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 19, 2017
Irish Independent published ‘excessive detail’ about car accident
The Irish Independent reported on a car accident that killed a Roscommon pedestrian. But, in doing so, the Independent included...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 16, 2017
After Geoffrey Rush sues newspaper, Australian arts website backs down from its own reporting on the actor
The Australian Telegraph newspaper recently reported that the Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was accused of "inappropriate behavior," without specifying whether...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 10, 2017
Student newspaper retracts published letter to editor from anti-LGBT group founder
The Miami Student unpublished a letter to the editor after it learned the author of the letter is affiliated with an...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 09, 2017
Melania Trump settles libel suit with magazine that called her an escort
Slovenian magazine Suzy claimed Melania Trump worked as an escort. Trump sued, and now the magazine and Trump have settled, the Associated...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 07, 2017
BBC News shows photos of wrong men in story on Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor’s death
When airing a news story on the death of a famous actor, it helps if you show pictures of the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2017
Iowa radio fires 2 after they called high school athletes ‘Espanol people’
Iowa radio station KIOW fired host Orin Harris and producer Holly Jane Kusserow-Smidt after they said some high school basketball...