Apologies & Retractions in International News Media

‘The Rape of Bill Cosby’ Blogger Apologizes

Entertainment news site TheWrap apologized after an opinion piece, "The Rape of Bill Cosby" by guest blogger Richard Stellar, seemingly...

Time magazine apologized for suggesting that the word "feminist" be banned. In a Nov. 12 article, Time had asked readers...

CNN's Don Lemon apologized after asking a victim-blaming question to a woman who has accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting...

Washington, D.C. CBS-affiliate wrongly accused a man running for a local neighborhood organization of embezzlement. The next day, WUSA retracted...

Robert Lipsyte, ESPN's ombudsman, called for ESPN to be more consistent when it disciplines staff. Lipsyte's comments, in his Nov....

The Charleston, West Virginia Daily Mail fired an editorial writer for his "unfortunate, inflammatory" and "inexcusable" decision to call Michael...

Should NBC News penalize chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman for breaking a voluntary Ebola quarantine? On Oct. 22, NBC...

The UK Star falsely claimed in May One Direction's Harry Styles posted naked pictures of himself online. But, the Star...

Dena Potter is suing the Associated Press after she was fired last year, Richmond alternative newspaper Style Weekly reported. Potter, who...