Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

All in fun? Turns out NOT banter, ‘Black & Asian show’ comment causes BBC to apologize

The BBC had to apologize for a local radio host's "banter" about race, the Guardian reported. BBC host Iain Lee,...

After writing for Thought Catalog about transphobia, Gavin McInnes must take an "indefinite leave of absence" from his job as...

The New York Post went too far this morning with its print edition's cover image showing freelance journalist James Foley...

Sky News will be investigated by UK broadcast regulator OfCom for its Malaysian crash coverage after host Colin Brazier sifted...

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet apologized after one of its columnists compared a football [soccer] team to both Adolf Hitler and the...

The Washington Post announced Aug. 22 that it will no longer use the name "Redskins," the hometown National Football League...

The Philadelphia Public Record published Asian racial slurs in its Aug. 21 issue, Philadelphia Magazine reported. In a caption for...

It was "regrettable" that the New York Times called Michael Brown, the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson,...

Musician Henry Rollins apologized for slamming people who commit suicide in an article for LA Weekly. His Aug. 21 LA...