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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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May 16, 2013
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CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro's Daughter's Best Friend
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Sydney Smith
May 15, 2013
10:00 AM EST
CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. But, at some point since the story's publication, CNN or Martinez spotted the error and...
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Student Newspaper Defends Anonymous Source Use in Adderall Story as 'Public Health Issue'
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Sydney Smith
May 10, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The University of Portland's [Oregon] student newspaper The Beacon offered an example of transparency to readers last month. In a story on college students taking Adderall, "Drugged For Success," the...
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Vanity Fair no longer 'surprised' Jessica Chastain 'hailed' for Zero Dark Thirty acting, unpublishes critique
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Sydney Smith
March 10, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Vanity Fair unpublished a blogpost critical of actress Jessica Chastain because "it ran counter to what a number of people at the magazine believed," Vanity Fair spokesperson Beth Kseniak told Deadline.com. ...
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Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains
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March 02, 2013
05:00 AM EST
Ever wonder why a National Public Radio transcript might not match what you heard on a program? NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos reported in a recent blogpost that NPR's versions of news programs like Weekend...
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Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands' Only Newspaper
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Sydney Smith
February 24, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Falkland Islands newspaper the Penguin News made up an interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, the Knight Center for Journalism in Americas reported. The made-up interview was published in the...
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Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism
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Sydney Smith
February 21, 2013
09:20 AM EST
Bangkok, Thailand newspaper the Daily News named and photographed a victim of gang rape, but later took down the identifying information. The victim was a Scottish woman "on holiday...with her boyfriend,"...
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UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student's Suicide After PCC complaint
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Sydney Smith
February 20, 2013
10:45 PM EST
The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission, according to a recent resolution report on...
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'Nothing is Sacred' says Evan Rachel Wood, Daily Mail Unpublishes Her Ultrasound Pic
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Sydney Smith
February 14, 2013
07:15 PM EST
The Daily Mail's website unpublished a story and photos about actress Evan Rachel Wood's ultrasound after Wood complained on Twitter. According to Wood's tweets, she wasn't flaunting the photo around...
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Sarah Palin Joins Al Jazeera? WashPost Duped by Satire Article
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Sydney Smith
February 12, 2013
11:35 AM EST
Shortly after Mediaite called the Washington Post out for being duped by a satire site, the Post scrubbed references to phony quotes and information claiming Sarah Palin was going to work for Al Jazeera...
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Russian NY Times? Nope! Just a Fake News Ad for FX's the Americans...
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February 04, 2013
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Buy Link Love? The Atlantic Won't Moderate Comments in Advertorials after Scientology Ad Criticism
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Sydney Smith
February 03, 2013
07:00 AM EST
The Atlantic has announced new "Advertising Guidelines" in light of its much-criticized advertorial for the Church of Scientology, Ad Week reported. As iMediaEthics wrote, in mid-January, The Atlantic...
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Jared Diamond misleads UK Observer Editor: Libel lawsuit NOT dismissed, voluntarily withdrawn without prejudice
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Rhonda Roland Shearer
January 07, 2013
10:00 AM EST
What happened to Jared Diamond’s libel lawsuit where he was sued by two Papua New Guinea tribesmen in 2009? Diamond falsely claimed in an article by Robin McKie published in The Observer on Jan. 5, 2013, that the case...
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Is Sports Reporter's Cancer Fundraising a Conflict of Interest?
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Sydney Smith
January 02, 2013
01:45 PM EST
Local TV sports anchor Randy Shaver and his news director Jane Helmke defended against any possible conflict of interest in Shaver's holding fundraisers at local sports events, according to the Star...
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Hoaxes, Fake Quotes & Fake Stories: Best of 2012
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Sydney Smith
December 27, 2012
03:00 PM EST
10) CNBC hoaxed by email interview about NBA Escorts Seven months after his story claiming escort services were financially suffering because of the 2011 National Basketball Association lockout, CNBC's Darren Rovell...
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Tampa Bay Times Defends Reporting after Source Kills Herself
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Sydney Smith
December 09, 2012
09:45 PM EST
The Tampa Bay Times defended and explained its reporting after a story became national news because its source, Gretchen Molannen, committed...
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Daily Mail Wrongly Says Man Dead, Calls it a 'Simple Misunderstanding'
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Sydney Smith
December 09, 2012
11:30 AM EST
When a newspaper mistakenly reports the death of a person who is still alive, a prominent correction, at the very least, would seem to be called for. But the Daily Mail determined that its own wrong...
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Veteran Cape Cod Times Reporter Faked Sources, Editors 'Heartbroken,' Start Better Supervision
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Sydney Smith
December 07, 2012
06:00 AM EST
After finding out one its longtime reporters, Karen Jeffrey, had used fake sources in at least 34 of her stories, the Cape Cod Times came clean and apologized to readers on Dec. 4. In an explanatory note...
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CNN Misquotes Billionaire Saying Mitt Romney 'Level-Headed Buy'
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Sydney Smith
December 05, 2012
09:45 AM EST
CNN's typo in a quote about Mitt Romney significantly changed the meaning of the comment, made by billionaire John Catsimatidis. The "typo" is significant since the article is about "financial...
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Vermont Newspaper Hires Sex Offender for Police, Court Beat? Transparency, Conflict of Interest Questions Raised
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Sydney Smith
December 04, 2012
06:00 AM EST
A Vermont weekly newspaper questioned a fellow local newspaper's transparency and accountability after finding out that it hired a convicted sex offender to report on police and courts. In a late November report, free...
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