by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2016
Sydney Morning Herald apologizes for Outing Gay Rights Protesters in 1978
Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald apologized for its reporting nearly 40 years ago on gay rights protesters, which included...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2016
Breitbart’s Joel Pollak Apologizes, Unpublishes Article Attacking Editor Ben Shapiro after Resignation
More news out of conservative news site Breitbart: Breitbart editor-at-large Joel Pollak wrote, posted and unpublished an article criticizing editor Ben Shapiro....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 10, 2016
Fired Columnist Angela Haggerty back at Scottish paper after Rangers controversy
Angela Haggerty, one of the two Scottish Herald writers fired last month, is back at the Glasgow-based daily newspaper. Haggerty...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2016
Kim Cattrall isn’t Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Mom
Is Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall the mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? If you watched CBS...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 04, 2016
Fake Rape by ‘Middle Eastern Men’ story gets Sydney Morning Herald’s Paul Sheehan Suspended, Unpublished,
The Sydney Morning Herald suspended columnist Paul Sheehan "until further notice" for publishing a false story alleging a woman called Louise...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 28, 2016
Student Newspaper Retracts Marco Rubio Bible Story, Admits ‘editorial mistakes’
The Daily Pennsylvanian, the "independent newspaper" for the University of Pennsylvania, apologized and retracted a controversial transcript that claimed U.S. presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized the...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2016
Failed Al Jazeera America unpublishes article calling itself 1 of 6 ‘Hot Media Startups’
Al Jazeera America unpublished a satire article that joked about the news organization in light of its forthcoming April shutdown for...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2016
WIRED fires reporter, 4 articles contained plagiarism
WIRED fired reporter Nic Cavell and added editor's notes to all four of his articles to acknowledge plagiarism. Cavell's four articles all...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2016
Jeremy Clarkson Settle Assault & Discrimination Lawsuit & Says ‘Sorry, Once Again’ to BBC Producer Oisin Tymon
Jeremy Clarkson apologized again for the assault that got him fired from his job hosting Top Gear on the BBC last year....