Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Noa Pothoven’s death: Round-up of media corrections

Noa Pothoven, a Dutch teenager, died June 2, but her death was not due to euthanasia. Numerous news outlets published...

The Australian Daily Telegraph wrongly reported that a new guidebook for the Australian Defence Force instructed soldiers not to use...

A UK news outlet reported on a press release from the police ,but the police release was inaccurate. Does that...

The BBC aired a "false statistic" about literacy rates in Scotland. The mistake happened in a Sunday Politics program back...

Canadian TV news station CP24 interviewed a woman who said she was the first customer at Toronto's first marijuana store...

The New York Times added an eye-catching editor's note to a travel article about Israel. The Times' March 14 article...

Lori Loughlin's daughters, Isabelle and Olivia Jade Giannulli, are still enrolled at University of Southern California, NBC News reported. "We...

Fox & Friends called El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras "3 Mexican countries" in an on-air graphic this morning. The graphic...

The New York Times published a news story on this month's Brexit vote but included pre-written text that clearly the...