Newsweek Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Factual errors === Unlike most large American magazines, ''Newsweek'' has not used fact-checkers since 1996. In 1997, the magazine was forced to recall several hundred thousand copies of a special issue called ''Your Child'', which advised that infants as young as five months old could safely feed themselves [[zwieback]] toasts and chunks of raw carrot (to the contrary, both represent a choking hazard in children this young). The error was later attributed to a copy editor who was working on two stories at the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|title=Newsweek ditched its fact-checkers in 1996, then made a major error|website=Poynter|language=en|access-date=September 9, 2018|date=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014608/https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|archive-date=September 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''Newsweek'' published a story claiming that the First Lady of Poland refused to shake U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s hand; ''[[Snopes]]'' described the assertion as "false".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|title=FACT CHECK: Did Poland's First Lady 'Refuse' to Shake President Trump's Hand?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128171530/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' corrected its story.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, ''Newsweek'' ran a story asserting that President Trump had wrongly colored the American flag while visiting a classroom; ''Snopes'' was unable to corroborate the photographic evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|title=FACT CHECK: Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326030045/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that the [[Sweden Democrats]], a far-right party, could win a majority in the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections. Polls showed that the party was far away from winning a majority. By September 2018, ''Newsweek''{{'s}} inaccurate article was still up.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|title=Sweden's election is being misreported abroad β and this is a problem|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2018|website=[[The Local]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908125540/https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|archive-date=September 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' journalists have expressed criticism of the editorial quality of its reporting since its change in ownership in 2013. In 2018, former ''Newsweek'' journalist [[Jonathan Alter]] wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that since being sold to the ''International Business Times'' in 2013 the magazine had "produced some strong journalism and plenty of clickbait before becoming a painful embarrassment to anyone who toiled there in its golden age".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|title=The Death of Newsweek|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=February 8, 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909222148/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Former ''Newsweek'' writer Matthew Cooper criticized ''Newsweek'' for running multiple inaccurate stories in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|title=From Expensing Yachts to Chasing The Onion: I Watched the Newsweekly Die From the Inside|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221758/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, during the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] in Iran, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that Iran had ordered the execution of over 15,000 protesters. The claim was widely shared on social media, including by actresses [[Trudie Styler]], [[Sophie Turner]] and [[Viola Davis]], and Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]]. The number was actually derived from estimates from a United Nations human rights rapporteur and other human rights organizations of how many people were detained in Iran in connection with the protests, and ''Newsweek'' retracted the underlying claim leading to the inference that the people faced a death sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Nikita |date=November 15, 2022 |title=False: Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests. |url=https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=[[Logically (company)|Logically]] |language=en-gb |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315154001/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goggin |first=Ben |date=November 16, 2022 |title=False claim about Iran protester executions goes viral with help from celebrities and politicians |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |access-date=2022-11-17 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117005108/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that a viral video of U.S. senator [[Tommy Tuberville]] falling down a flight of stairs while exiting an airplane had been recorded that month. The reporting by ''Newsweek'' drew comparisons to Tuberville's criticism of President [[Joe Biden]] similarly tripping on stairways. In reality, the video highlighted by ''Newsweek'' was filmed in 2014, nine years prior, before Tuberville's tenure as senator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|title=That viral video of Tommy Tuberville falling down stairs? It's not what you think|last=Koplowitz|first=Howard|work=AL.com|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-date=October 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013212349/https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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