Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

5 Errors Toledo Blade made in Reporting on Police Shooting

The Toledo Blade "messed up" when it reported on a breaking news story about a police officer shooting a man...

Fox News used a photo of Patti LaBelle in its video report on Aretha Franklin's death. Fox News provided iMediaEthics...

The BBC misattributed quotes from a fan page to Sir David Attenborough in a June 23 radio broadcast. iMediaEthics found...

iMediaEthics' latest round of corrections and errors: 1. USA Today 'mistakenly' used NYT paragraph USA Today accidentally used a paragraph...

Lanny Davis, the attorney for Pres. Donald Trump's former "fixer" Michael Cohen, told BuzzFeed he was an anonymous source for...

The Mirror Online broke press guidelines when it said Dhillan Bhardwaj, a 21-year-old fashion entrepreneur, said he "thought poor were...

Earlier this year, the UK Mail Online claimed an Irish comedian performed the Heimlich maneuver on a fan who was...

The website Grabien News claimed student reviews "savage" Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett...

The Oxford Mail, a daily newspaper in Oxford, England, claimed a local mayor was "forced to hand over the chains." But,...