Scrubbing or Hiding Errors and Problems in News Media

New York Magazine Deletes Noah Galvin’s Bryan Singer ‘Little Boy’ Comments

New York magazine deleted part of an interview after the interviewee -- actor Noah Galvin -- accused X-Men director Bryan Singer of...

The New York Times was hoaxed by a Twitter user it interviewed for a story on the use of e-cigarettes,...

Of course, the headline for this story is a riff on Buzzfeed's typical story format. But despite the winning entertainment...

The Washington Post unpublished 2,000 words of an article about HIV diagnoses after learning its source made up his story....

The New York Times and The New York Daily News had errors in their stories about charges being dropped against...

USA Today was apparently hoaxed by a source giving a fake name, "Howie Felterbush," for a story about the verdict...

CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. ...

The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed...

When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very...