Bad Taste and Standards in the News Media

Chris Matthews apologizes to Bernie Sanders

MSNBC's Chris Matthews apologized to Bernie Sanders tonight after comparing his Nevada win to the fall of France to the...

The Tallahassee Democrat disciplined Capitol beat reporter James Call over his tweet about former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi. In...

ESPN Cleveland suspended radio reporter Tony Grossi for calling NFL Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield a "f***ing midget." Mayfield is...

CNBC editor Rick Santelli apologized March 6 for his "stupid" and "absurd" comment that everyone in the U.S. should be...

French journalist Emmanuel Lechypre apologized after commenting that the Chinese were "burying the Pokemons" in reference to the burials of...

Piers Morgan may have been "particularly offensive" when he mimicked the Chinese language, but his behavior wasn't a breach of...

ESPN apologized for saying a football player's mother had battled drug addiction in an NFL draft graphic. The graphic for...