Category Archives: Television

NY Sun names fired CBS producer; why naming her is important

April 12, 2007 – 10:00 am

After many blogs (Gawker, TV Newser etc.) put out calls for the name of the CBS producer fired this week for plagiarism, David Blum has named her in a story in today’s New York Sun. “In an era when plagiarists get dismissed and outed weekly by their employers at news organizations around the country, the [...]

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CBS News fires producer for plagiarism

April 11, 2007 – 8:00 am

A producer at CBS News has been fired after plagiarizing from the Wall Street Journal for a video essay on “Couric & Co.,” the Katie Couric/group blog on the CBS News website. AP reports the essay was removed and an editor’s note has been placed on the site. We searched the blog in question [...]

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10 o’clock news replaced by porn

April 9, 2007 – 8:00 am

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Bad for business

March 16, 2007 – 8:00 am

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ABC gets partial correction to Stanley story; objective and subjective errors

March 9, 2007 – 10:07 am

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ESPN unveils cross-platform correction policy and procedures

March 5, 2007 – 10:10 am

One of the most enjoyable correction-related experiences comes at the end of every episode of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, a sports talk and interview show featuring Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser.
As ESPN explains, at the end of every show, “researcher Tony Reali corrects any statistical fouls Kornheiser and Wilbon made in the heat of battle.” [...]

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About those models who died due to anorexia…

March 1, 2007 – 8:00 am

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Screeching to a halt

February 5, 2007 – 8:00 am

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Obama? Osama? Ocrapa

January 3, 2007 – 8:00 am

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National Post awaits correction from CBC and its source (after requiring a couple of its own)

November 23, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Read the label

November 20, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Boy falsely claims to have been in classroom when gunman entered, fools Today, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show etc.

September 28, 2006 – 10:05 pm

A boy named Cassidy Grigg made the rounds of the morning shows Thursday, hitting the Today show on NBC, The Early Show on CBS, and Good Morning America on ABC. He said he was in the Colorado classroom when gunman Duane Morrison entered. Morrison eventually took six girls hostage and murdered one before killing himself. [...]

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Utah TV station broadcasts wrong picture of accused child porn producer

September 4, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Quiet — or else!

September 4, 2006 – 8:00 am

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CNN apologizes for open mic gaffe

August 30, 2006 – 8:00 am

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More UK media misidentify someone as a terrorism suspect

August 24, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Access Hollywood corrects a controversial Couric misquote

July 24, 2006 – 8:00 am

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BBC host apologizes for broadcasting spoof

June 22, 2006 – 8:00 am

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UPDATED: BBC mistakes man for tech expert, puts him on TV

May 16, 2006 – 8:00 am

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post had been updated/corrected with new information. Due to technical difficulties at Regret, this information was added later than we would have liked. We apologize for the delay.
A UK taxi driver man at the BBC for a job interview found himself being interviewed live in a BBC TV studio recently, after [...]

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An elusive broadcast correction

April 5, 2006 – 8:00 am

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How CBS News handles errors and corrections

March 30, 2006 – 8:00 am

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Those elusive broadcast corrections

March 29, 2006 – 8:01 am

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The Cheney shooting corrections

February 16, 2006 – 8:00 am

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False tsunami warning sent to Alaskan media

February 7, 2006 – 8:00 am

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CBS publishes poll on trust and accuracy

February 7, 2006 – 8:00 am

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