Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Idi Amin’s Son Complains about Father’s Obit, Guardian Investigates

Eleven years after Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's death, his son, Hussein Amin, complained to the Guardian that its obituary was inaccurate....

The Australia Press Council didn't slam the media for its coverage of the Sydney Lindt cafe siege. At least two...

The Irish Independent falsely claimed that Irish president Michael Higgins avoided talking about human rights with Chinese president Xi Jinping....

A Kentucky television news station aired a photograph of actor John Wayne along with coverage of two convicts escaping from...

People magazine wrongly reported Kirk Douglas died Nov. 30. People's website published a pre-written obituary announcing Douglas's death, but he...

The New York Times thought a still image from the movie Good Burger starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell was...

Breitbert, a conservative news site founded by the late Andrew Breitbart, mixed up Loretta Lynch, who was nominated by President...

Obama, Osama, same difference? That little typo with a big implication happened again this week. CNN mixed the two up...

Dena Potter is suing the Associated Press after she was fired last year, Richmond alternative newspaper Style Weekly reported. Potter, who...