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Nelson Mandela NOT Dead, Germany's Deutsche-Welle Wrong
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Sydney Smith
June 17, 2013
10:50 AM EST
Deutsche Welle wrongly reported that Nelson Mandela died. In a June 14 retraction statement, the German "international broadcaster" said it "unintentionally" posted the story and has since...
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Australian Radio Shock Jock Fired for Asking PM Julia Gillard if Partner was Gay
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Sydney Smith
June 15, 2013
05:00 AM EST
Australia's Fairfax Radio fired host Howard Sattler for a "disrespectful and irrelevant" interview with the country's prime minister, Julia Gillard, the BBC reported. Sattler, described by Australian...
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Former Alabama Gov George Wallace NOT a Republican, MSNBC Corrects
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Sydney Smith
June 14, 2013
06:00 AM EST
An MSNBC graphic wrongly said George Wallace -- who was a segregationist governor of Alabama during portions of the 1960s through the 1980s, and a failed presidential candidate -- was a Republican, when he was a member of...
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NYT Unpublishes Anthony Weiner Story after 'Inadvertently' Publishing It
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Sydney Smith
June 12, 2013
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Gallup Explains Why Its Failed Poll Favored Romney in 2012 Election
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David W. Moore
June 06, 2013
11:15 AM EST
At a press conference in Washington on Tuesday, June 3, Frank Newport released the results of an extensive review of Gallup’s poor polling performance in 2012, when it consistently over-estimated Romney’s...
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Publishing Fake Photo a 'Painful Episode,' Phillipines Newspaper Tells iMediaEthics
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Sydney Smith
May 29, 2013
05:00 AM EST
Philippines newspaper The Daily Inquirer was hoaxed by a fake photo of a Time magazine cover last month as iMediaEthics wrote at the time. The image, which the Manila-based newspaper published on its front...
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Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack (Allegedly) Rocks Media Ethics Issues
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Sydney Smith
May 26, 2013
01:00 PM EST
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was allegedly caught on camera smoking crack cocaine. And the person who shot the video showing this allegation tried to get both Gawker, a New York City-based "gossip" blog, and The...
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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says
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Sydney Smith
May 16, 2013
06:00 AM EST
For the first time in 18 years, the Toronto Star had to run a front-page apology after wrongly saying that a politician was on vacation, Toronto Star public editor Kathy English noted in a recent column. It was also...
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New York Post fakes it again, Obama photo doctored with NO disclosure
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Rhonda Roland Shearer
May 14, 2013
01:55 PM EST
Can't the New York Post play by the rules? Photo editors know they are supposed to disclose when an image is a "photo illustration" even if the image looks obviously Photoshopped to many. Sunday, the NY...
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South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption
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Sydney Smith
May 14, 2013
06:00 AM EST
South Korean news organization Yonhap News Agency published a strange side-by-side image of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye with President Barack Obama apparently shaking hands. It's odd because it creates an...
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4 Ways Slate Misinterpreted the Failed Gun Control Vote Poll from WashPost/Pew
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David W. Moore
May 01, 2013
10:00 AM EST
The Washington Post and Pew announced last week that only 15% of Americans were “angry” at the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the gun bill that included required background checks for gun buyers. Another 32%...
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Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford's 'Alcohol Abuse' with Anonymous Sources
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Sydney Smith
April 30, 2013
07:00 AM EST
Why did the Toronto Star use anonymous sources to claim that the city's mayor, Rob Ford, was possibly so drunk that he was kicked out of a military event? In an April column, public editor Kathy English inspected...
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Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes
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Sydney Smith
April 26, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Polish magazine Wprost was hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin wanted President Obama to invade the Czech Republic as a retaliation for the Boston Marathon bombings, the Examiner and Jim Romenesko...
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Paul Ryan Letter to Editor "Contained an Egregious Error", Kansas City Star Readers Rep says
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Sydney Smith
April 20, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The Kansas City Star fact checks letters to the editor before publication, according to the newspaper's public editor Derek Donovan. But, in an April 12 case, the paper missed an error in a letter about Rep. Paul...
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82 percent of NY Post Anthony Weiner Front-page Story Stolen from New York Times Magazine
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Sydney Smith
April 18, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Why do an exclusive interview for your front-page if you can just steal it from another newspaper? That's what the New York Post did with the New York Times' interview of former U.S. congressman and possible NYC...
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Toronto Star mistakenly suggested Weeklong Training at Harvard Equaled Harvard Degree says Ombud
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Sydney Smith
April 02, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The Toronto Star was "technically correct" but misled readers in some reports on Kathleen Wynne, the head of the Ontario Leader Party and Ontario's Premier, public editor Kathy English reported this...
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Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage Likely Smaller Than What Most Polls Show
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David W. Moore
March 28, 2013
05:00 AM EST
With the Supreme Court considering two cases involving same-sex marriage, it may be useful to review how opposed the public might be to decisions that would strike down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and California’s...
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Americans want White House tours despite $Trillions of budget cuts? Yes, The Hill's new poll says
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David W. Moore
March 19, 2013
07:00 PM EST
A recent article from "Congressional news site" The Hill claims that voters are more likely to trust the Democratic Party than the Republican Party on budget matters, “even though a strong majority actually...
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Why the ABC/Washington Post Poll on the Sequester is Really 'Deeply Misleading'
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David W. Moore
March 14, 2013
05:50 PM EST
Last week I blogged about the ABC/Washington Post poll on the sequester, citing with approval Matthew Yglesias’ characterization of the article reporting the results as “deeply...
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Boston Newspaper Owner's Daughter-in-Law running for state senate? Does an Ombudsman fix conflict of interest?
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Sydney Smith
March 14, 2013
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