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June 18, 2013 11:45 AM EST

Atlanta's 790 The Zone radio station hosts Steak Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini made fun of former NFL player Steve Gleason, who has Lou Gehrig's Disease. The station responded by apologizing and firing...

'Too many gosh darn foreigners' ('Asians') on LPGA Tour, Radio Host Fired after comment

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'Too many gosh darn foreigners' ('Asians') on LPGA Tour, Radio Host Fired after comment

June 18, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Rochester, New York news radio WHAM-AM fired radio host Craig Schaller for his comments about Asian golf players in a column for the station's website, Fox...

Nelson Mandela NOT Dead, Germany's Deutsche-Welle Wrong

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Nelson Mandela NOT Dead, Germany's Deutsche-Welle Wrong

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...

BBC Reporter Promoted PR Wife's Business When Interviewing Students of Her Client

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BBC Reporter Promoted PR Wife's Business When Interviewing Students of Her Client

June 17, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Freelance BBC reporter Adam Kirtley, in effect, promoted his wife's public relations clients when interviewing students at Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, for which his wife's company does publicity, the...

White Sox Manager Didn't Say That! Fort Worth Star-Telegram Prints Fake Quote on Graduations

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White Sox Manager Didn't Say That! Fort Worth Star-Telegram Prints Fake Quote on Graduations

June 16, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram was hoaxed by a satirical website into publishing a fake quote. The Texas newspaper had published the fake quote in a June 11 editorial on controversial graduation speeches. It has since...

Australian Radio Shock Jock Fired for Asking PM Julia Gillard if Partner was Gay

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Australian Radio Shock Jock Fired for Asking PM Julia Gillard if Partner was Gay

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...

Former Alabama Gov George Wallace NOT a Republican, MSNBC Corrects

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Former Alabama Gov George Wallace NOT a Republican, MSNBC Corrects

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...

UK Sun: 'We apologise to any alien lifeforms for linking them to Scientologists'

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UK Sun: 'We apologise to any alien lifeforms for linking them to Scientologists'

June 14, 2013 04:00 AM EST

The UK Sun newspaper apologized to aliens for a story saying "Flying saucers [were seen] over British Scientology HQ." Yep, you read that right. The News Corp-owned newspaper said sorry to aliens. The...

Welsh Newspaper IDs Rape Victim with Story, PCC Rules

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Welsh Newspaper IDs Rape Victim with Story, PCC Rules

June 13, 2013 05:00 AM EST

In its reporting on a trial, the South Wales Argus provided enough information to identify a rape victim, the Press Complaints Commission decided. The Argus' story provided the victim's age, nationality and the...

NYT Unpublishes Anthony Weiner Story after 'Inadvertently' Publishing It

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NYT Unpublishes Anthony Weiner Story after 'Inadvertently' Publishing It

June 12, 2013 07:45 AM EST

Coroner says Media Coverage of Lucy Meadows' Transgender Assignment 'Sensational & Salicious,' Determines Teacher Committed Suicide

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Coroner says Media Coverage of Lucy Meadows' Transgender Assignment 'Sensational & Salicious,' Determines Teacher Committed Suicide

June 11, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Toronto Star Admits Lifting Doug Ford Quote from Globe and Mail

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Toronto Star Admits Lifting Doug Ford Quote from Globe and Mail

June 10, 2013 05:00 AM EST

In a recent clarification, The Toronto Star fessed up to lifting a quote obtained by the Globe and Mail. The June 4 "news clarification" admitted the newspaper published without credit a comment made by...

Why 2 Canadian Newspapers Blocked Comments on Mayor Rob Ford's Crack Video Stories

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Why 2 Canadian Newspapers Blocked Comments on Mayor Rob Ford's Crack Video Stories

June 08, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Two Canadian newspapers decided against letting readers comment on its news stories about the alleged video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. As iMediaEthics has written, gossip website Gawker and the Toronto...

Rebekah Brooks Pleads Not Guilty to Phone Hacking, Corruption Charges

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Rebekah Brooks Pleads Not Guilty to Phone Hacking, Corruption Charges

June 06, 2013 11:05 AM EST

Rebekah Brooks pleaded not guilty to five criminal charges in the UK police's investigation into abuse by the media. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Brooks entered her pleas in today's "pre-trial...

Is Video 'Gone?' Gawker Will Wait a Month to Find Owners of Alleged Rob Ford Video before Giving $ to Charity

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Is Video 'Gone?' Gawker Will Wait a Month to Find Owners of Alleged Rob Ford Video before Giving $ to Charity

June 06, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Gawker editor John Cook is willing to wait a month for the owners of the alleged Rob Ford crack video to turn up with the video in exchange for the $200,000 that Gawker's crowd-sourcing campaign raised. As...

Bradley Manning's Trial for Leaking to WikiLeaks Started this Week

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Bradley Manning's Trial for Leaking to WikiLeaks Started this Week

June 05, 2013 11:30 AM EST

The trial against Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army soldier who admitted earlier this year that he provided hundreds of thousands of leaked documents to WikiLeaks back in 2010, began Monday. As iMediaEthics wrote in...

National Review's Ron Fournier Says His 'Jihad' Word Choice was 'Irresponsible'

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National Review's Ron Fournier Says His 'Jihad' Word Choice was 'Irresponsible'

June 05, 2013 05:00 AM EST

National Journal's Ron Fournier called his saying President Barack Obama had started a "jihad against the press" an "inaccurate/irresponsible word choice," in a May 24 apology tweet. Fournier...

BBC gets 77 complaints over 'Of Muslim Appearance' Woolwich Attack Quote

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BBC gets 77 complaints over 'Of Muslim Appearance' Woolwich Attack Quote

June 04, 2013 05:00 AM EST

BBC News' Nick Robinson regretted quoting an unnamed source that the police thought Lee Ribgy's attackers were "of Muslim appearance." Robinson, the BBC News' political editor, apologized in a...

Graphic Video of UK Soldier Rigby's Attackers, 94 Complaints to PCC, 40+ to the Guardian

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Graphic Video of UK Soldier Rigby's Attackers, 94 Complaints to PCC, 40+ to the Guardian

June 03, 2013 05:00 AM EST

British news outlets including ITV and the Guardian published video of what happened after last week's fatal attack on soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. The video showed one of Rigby's alleged killers holding a bloody...

No More 'Illegal Immigrant' at San Francisco Chronicle Either

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No More 'Illegal Immigrant' at San Francisco Chronicle Either