by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2013
KTVU Fires 3 Producers for Asiana Flight 214 Fake Pilot Names Error
Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU fired three producers who were involved in its July 12 viral mistake in reporting racist and...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2013
North Carolina Newspaper Editor’s Satire Mocked ‘Universal Hick,’ Admits Acting like an ‘Ignorant Newcomer’
Jeff Gauger, the executive editor of the News & Record, a daily newspaper in Greensboro, N.C., apologized for a June...
by Michael Schwartz on Aug 07, 2013
UK Sun Mocks Barcelona Manager’s Throat Cancer
Fans reacted to The UK Sun's use of two tasteless puns in a photo caption accompanying its report on former...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 03, 2013
Bill O’Reilly on MLK Error: ‘Always check out the facts before you make a definitive statement’
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly apologized on August 29's The O'Reilly Factor for having wrongly "assumed" Republicans weren't invited to attend...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 14, 2013
BBC Newsnight Editor Sends ‘Ill-Judged Tweet,’ Calls UK Labour Party Politician Boring
BBC Newsnight editor Ian Katz apologized for an "ill-judged tweet" about a politician's appearance on the Newsnight program. Katz's Sept. 9...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2013
Sorry for Calling you a Prostitute, London’s Evening Standard Apologizes
The London Evening Standard apologized this week for wrongly saying a woman named Rachel Garley was a prostitute. The Standard's...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 10, 2013
AP Falsely Accused Virginia Gov. Candidate McAuliffe, Said Lied to Fed Investigator
The Associated Press made a retraction last night after falsely claiming that Terry McAuliffe, who is running for governor of...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 21, 2013
AP Fires Journalists Bob Lewis, Dena Potter after Error, Claimed McAuliffe Lied to Feds
The Associated Press fired its journalist Bob Lewis over his bogus story about Terry McAuliffe, according to the Huffington Post....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2013
Police Provided Wrong Photo for Accused Rapist, Oxford Mail Apologizes
UK newspaper The Oxford Mail published a photo of the wrong person with a story about a man who "admitted...