Miami Herald controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Miami Herald apologizes for false Nate Diaz report
Company response
The Miami Herald apologized after initially incorrectly reporting that mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz had been arrested in a domestic-violence case. The newspaper's initial report stated that Diaz had been arrested in connection with a domestic-violence case; the Herald subsequently acknowledged the report was incorrect and issued an apology. The incident is noted as a case in which a news organization publicly corrected and apologized for an erroneous report about a public figure.
Company response
Apology — Miami Herald
The Herald apologizes for the error.
Source excerpt
In a Feb. 12 tweet, the Miami Herald wrote, “NOTE: In an initial version of this story, the Miami Herald incorrectly reported that mixed martial arts superstar Nate Diaz had been arrested in a domestic-violence case. The Herald apologizes for the error.”
The Miami Herald wrongly reported mixed martial arts superstar Nate Diaz was arrested for domestic violence.
2020
Miami Herald responds to controversy over paid insert
Company response
The Miami Herald said it was investigating how it published a paid insert containing commentary it called racist and anti-Semitic. Its publisher and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald apologized to readers, and the publisher said the company was appalled by multiple instances of such commentary in past issues.
Stated objective. To prevent the internal failures from recurring.
Company response
Investigation — Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called “racist and anti-Semitic commentary”
Apology — Miami Herald
Marqués González and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald Nancy San Martín apologized to readers in a letter
Apology — The Miami Herald
On Monday, the Herald apologized in a statement
Investigation — The Miami Herald
It is one of a series of internal failures that we are investigating in order to prevent this from ever recurring.
Source excerpt
After reviewing past issues of LIBRE, Marqués González wrote the company was “appalled to discover multiple instances of anti-Semitic and racist commentary since January,” the letter to readers said.
Marqués González and the managing editor of El Nuevo Herald Nancy San Martín apologized to readers in a letter saying they had not previously read the advertising insert until a column was widely shared on social media with commentary berating Jews for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement while comparing violent demonstrators to Nazis.
The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called “racist and anti-Semitic commentary” and distributed to readers of its Spanish-language sister paper.
2020
Miami Herald apologizes and ends LIBRE supplement relationship
Company response
Editors at The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald apologized for including a LIBRE insert containing racist and anti-Semitic commentary. They said they were investigating internal failures and announced that they would end the supplement relationship and no longer publish, print, or distribute its content.
Company response
Apology — The Miami Herald
The Herald apologized after they spent the weekend going through past editions of LIBRE
Investigation — The Miami Herald
It is one of a series of internal failures that we are investigating in order to prevent this from ever recurring
Remediation — The Miami Herald
Both editors also announced the termination of their relationship with LIBRE and promised to "never publish, print or distribute its content again."
Source excerpt
Editors at The Miami Herald and its sister Spanish-language newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, apologized to readers this week for including a Spanish-language insert that said American Jews support "thieves and arsonists" and compared Black Lives Matter protesters to Nazis.
Both editors also announced the termination of their relationship with LIBRE and promised to "never publish, print or distribute its content again."
In an open letter published Monday, the editors said they were "deeply sorry" for the column in the "LIBRE" insert and that they would no longer include the paid Spanish-language supplement, which has included anti-Semitic and racist columns for months.
2006
Payments to journalists connected to U.S.-funded Cuban broadcasting
Three Herald journalists were dismissed after receiving payments for work connected to Radio Martí or TV Martí. The dismissals and subsequent reinstatements generated intense criticism within Miami's Cuban-American community, and president Jesús Díaz Jr. resigned after acknowledging that the newspaper's policies had been communicated and enforced inconsistently.
2005
Jim DeFede recording controversy
Columnist Jim DeFede secretly recorded a telephone conversation with Miami commissioner Arthur Teele. After Teele died by suicide in the Herald's lobby, the newspaper fired DeFede for violating Florida law and its ethics rules. Journalists and readers criticized the decision as disproportionate, although management did not reinstate him.