by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2019
Lamar Jackson ‘dark skin’ comment gets 49ers analyst suspended
Tim Ryan, a radio analyst for the San Francisco 49ers, commented that Baltimore Ravens' quarterback is good at faking hand-offs...
Apologies & Retractions
by Sydney Smith on Nov 27, 2019
Sky News names wrong man as Kenya Airways stowaway
Sky News unpublished an article that identified the wrong man as the stowaway who fell out of a Kenya Airways...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 24, 2019
Corrections: Measles deaths, Weather change, School shooting deaths
1.Football player's ex-wife didn't leave him 'financially destitute' A Daily Mail correction from Oct. 31: "An article on 5 February...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2019
AP, AFP, Reuters, NPR retract child migrant detention stories
News outlets reported that the United Sates currently has 103,000 children in "migration-related detention." But, that statistic was out-of-date. Reuters...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 22, 2019
Charles Barkley apologizes for ‘hitting women’ remark
Charles Barkley, the former NBA player and current TNT NBA analyst, told a reporter from Axios, Alexi McCammond, that "I...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2019
Cory Booker still in 2020 race, Fox News corrects
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has not dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, despite what a Fox News anchor has...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 18, 2019
Northern Echo publishes obit for man who is still alive
The Northern Echo accidentally killed a man. At least in print. The UK newspaper wrongly reported that a man named...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2019
Australian documentary IDed rape victims
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation identified three rape victims without their consent, Australia's News.com.au reported. The identification happened in ABC's three-part...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 12, 2019
Sportsnet Axes Don Cherry for offensive Poppy Immigrant Comments
Canadian sports news outlet Sportsnet fired professional hockey analyst Don Cherry after he made offensive comments about immigrants during a...