Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

NYC paper calls Obama the N-Word

A West Village, New York City newspaper used the n-word in a headline about President Barack Obama. WestView News, an...

The Daily Mail unpublished an article that George Clooney called "completely fabricated." It also apologized for the claims in the...

Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post apologized July 8 for an offensive cartoon about the terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State in...

CNN apologized after a correspondent called a group of Israelis "scum" in a tweet. The network also pulled the same...

UK broadcast regulator OfCom fined the Investigation Discovery channel £100,000 (about $171,000 U.S.) for airing eight graphic episodes of a...

CNN is promoting at the top of its web page that its reporter "sees bodies" from the Malaysia Airlines plane...

Sky News admitted it was "inappropriate" for one of its reporters to go through a Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 victim's...

The New York Post promoted the sexist and rude stereotype of angry nuns hitting disobedient children this weekend. Alongside the...

Sky News reporter Colin Brazier apologized for riffling through a Malaysian Flight 17 crash victim's luggage. During a live segment...