Errors and Inaccuracies in the News Media

Suspicious package NOT sent to White House, CNN, Reuters update

While suspicious packages and bombs were sent to a variety of locations this week -- including the house of former...

The Houston Chronicle completed its review of former reporter Mike Ward's work. In it, the newspaper revealed that it couldn't...

New Zealand newspaper The Gisborne Herald published a front-page teaser claiming that the film director Spike Lee died. Spike Lee...

NPR added a lengthy editor's note to its Nov. 30 news report about former Pres. Donald Trump's fixer Michael Cohen...

Canada's TVA Nouvelles, a French TV broadcast news station, admitted it aired "inaccurate and unfounded" information in a news story...

The Sydney Morning Herald made an end-of-year error when it published a picture of the wrong man. Akaash Narayan is...

This type of mistake happens all too often. Just a few weeks ago, iMediaEthics collected noteworthy examples of media outlets...

Pittsburgh CBS-affiliate KDKA fired a staffer over a graphic that labeled Tom Brady a "known cheater." "The chyron in question...

In years past, iMediaEthics has devoted lists to the top cases of plagiarism or fabrication. We're pleased to report there...