by Sydney Smith on Jan 06, 2016
BuzzFeed Fail? Why did BuzzFeed Publish a Story that Harms, Invades Privacy of Random Girl?
BuzzFeed went online, found something nasty happening to a random person, and then told everyone about it. This is news?...
Bad Taste
by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2016
Sympathetic story about convicted serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw was ‘Tone-Deaf, Insensitive,’ SB Nation Deletes
Is it possible or even conceivable to write, much less publish, a sympathetic story about a convicted serial rapist? Vox-owned...
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...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2016
Hindi TV News Shouldn’t have Shown ISIS Torture, Murder Videos, UK Regulator Says
Hindi TV news channel Aaj Tak broke broadcast standards when it showed "graphic images of beheadings and torture of prisoners"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2016
Pittsburgh TV Anchor Wendy Bell Fired for Facebook Post Suggesting Shooters were Black
Pittsburgh ABC-affiliate WTAE fired news anchor Wendy Bell after she posted on Facebook that she thinks the two gunmen responsible for...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 20, 2016
Curt Schilling Fired for Transgender Bathroom Facebook Post
ESPN fired Curt Schilling today after he shared a transphobic message on Facebook. ESPN sent iMediaEthics its statement on the matter,...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2016
How Not to Report on Suicide: Sharon Herald Story Crossed the Line
Readers were shocked after daily Pennsylvania newspaper The Sharon Herald published an insensitive and gratuitous story that horrifically detailed a...
by Sydney Smith on May 20, 2016
xojane.com deletes, apologizes for 1st person article about friend’s suicide as a ‘blessing’
After much criticism, the women's site xojane.com, owned by Time.inc, apologized and unpublished a first-person story, “My Former Friend’s Death Was...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 10, 2016
Sports Reporter Emily Austen’s Comments on ‘Jews in Boca’ and Mexicans Get her Cut from Fox Sports Florida
Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter Emily Austen mocked Mexican, Chinese, and Jewish people in an interview with sports site Barstool...