The Times controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
Multiple IPSO findings against Times articles
IPSO upheld complaints involving reports on GPS data and alleged trafficking links, pollution in British waterways, research funding related to a hunting trophy ban, and competition from overseas medical students.
2019
Incorrect reporting concerning Imam Abdullah Patel
The newspaper published claims about Imam Abdullah Patel’s comments regarding a terrorism-related murder and about alleged school segregation that were reported as incorrect in the referenced account.
2018
IPSO complaint concerning Tower Hamlets fostering coverage
The Independent Press Standards Organisation upheld a complaint about the newspaper’s report of a court hearing involving a Tower Hamlets fostering case.
1920
Publication of a misleading editorial about the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Times published an editorial that treated the antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion as potentially authentic. Its correspondent Philip Graves later exposed the document as a forgery, after which the newspaper retracted the earlier position.