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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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Toronto Star's Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was 'Entirely Wrong,' Public Editor Says

By: Sydney Smith

May 16, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

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Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

By: Sydney Smith

April 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account a fake tweet on April 23 claiming the White House was attacked and President Obama was...

CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

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CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 07:00 AM EST

CBS News' Twitter account for 60 Minutes was hacked last Saturday and a phony tweet was posted. The fake tweet read, pictured above, "Exclusive: Terror is striking the #USA and #Obama is Shamelessly in Bed with...

Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?

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Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?

By: Sydney Smith

April 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Matthew Keys was fired from Reuters just a month after he was accused of helping Anonymous hack the Los Angeles Times' website. Keys, who was...

Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'

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Mercury News Hoaxed by Joke Obama Air Force One Tweet, Says Story 'Clearly Did Not Meet Our Normal Standards'

By: Sydney Smith

March 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST

San Jose, California daily newspaper The Mercury News fessed up this week to being hoaxed by a joke tweet claiming that President Barack Obama was going to lend a soccer player Air Force One. The errors began when...

Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army

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Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army

By: Sydney Smith

March 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press reported. Hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army claimed...

UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim

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UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim

By: Sydney Smith

March 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST

UK police arrested someone for identifying an alleged sexual offense victim in a tweet, the Guardian reported. In this case, the tweeter reportedly named the girl who was allegedly a victim of an assault by actor...

Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide

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Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide

By: Sydney Smith

March 08, 2013 06:00 AM EST

UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve said anyone posting photos of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson could be charged with contempt for violating an injunction -- even if the photos aren't actually of the men. And Russell...

Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?

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Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?

By: Sydney Smith

March 05, 2013 12:45 PM EST

Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man who is accused of murdering and dismembering his mother, Tanya Byrd? In a story about a photo Mclean reportedly...

Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old's Facebook Photo?

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Should Bolivian Journalists Use A Dead 14-Year-Old's Facebook Photo?

By: Sydney Smith

March 05, 2013 05:00 AM EST

Is it OK for the news media to use a 14-year-old's photo from Facebook in reports about the minor's death? That question is circulating in Bolivian media after a 14-year-old was killed by fireworks at a football...

Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

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Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion's CEO Says

By: Sydney Smith

February 25, 2013 01:20 PM EST

Satire site The Onion apologized today for its "senseless, humorless comment" about Quvenzhane Wallis, who was a nominee for last night's Best Actress award at the Oscars. As Gossip Cop reported, last...

Gun Cure for Hiccups? NBC Affiliate's Tasteless FB Joke Prompts Criticism, Apology

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Gun Cure for Hiccups? NBC Affiliate's Tasteless FB Joke Prompts Criticism, Apology

By: Sydney Smith

February 07, 2013 07:00 AM EST

Dallas-Fort Worth NBC-affiliate KXAS apologized Feb. 2 for an insensitive Facebook post promoting a news story about a "Fort Hood soldier [who] was fatally shot after his friend tried to cure him of the hiccups by...

Buy Link Love? The Atlantic Won't Moderate Comments in Advertorials after Scientology Ad Criticism

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Buy Link Love? The Atlantic Won't Moderate Comments in Advertorials after Scientology Ad Criticism

By: 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...

The New Republic Tweets Fake Photo of Obama Skeet Shooting?

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The New Republic Tweets Fake Photo of Obama Skeet Shooting?

By: Sydney Smith

January 31, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Radio Host Duped by the Onion's Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration

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Radio Host Duped by the Onion's Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration

By: Sydney Smith

January 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

NYPost Hoaxed by Fake Ryan Lanza Facebook, Huffington Post Unpublishes

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NYPost Hoaxed by Fake Ryan Lanza Facebook, Huffington Post Unpublishes

By: Sydney Smith

December 24, 2012 10:00 AM EST

The New York Post was tricked by a fake Facebook page for Ryan Lanza, the brother of the Adam Lanza, the gunman in the Dec. 16 Connecticut school massacre. Adam Lanza killed 26 adults and children at Sandy Hook...

Source lies to Globe & Mail, Facebook 'Man on the Street' Interviews can Backfire

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Source lies to Globe & Mail, Facebook 'Man on the Street' Interviews can Backfire

By: Sydney Smith

December 13, 2012 08:30 AM EST

NYT Editor to Monitor Jerusalem Bureau Chief's Social Media

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NYT Editor to Monitor Jerusalem Bureau Chief's Social Media

By: Sydney Smith

December 02, 2012 06:00 AM EST

After Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren's "rocky start" on social media, the New York Times "is assigning an editor on the foreign desk in New York to work closely with Ms. Rudoren on her social media...

Winnipeg Ikea 'Media Event' for Journalists, Bloggers Gives Drinks, Foods and 'Swag Bags'

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Winnipeg Ikea 'Media Event' for Journalists, Bloggers Gives Drinks, Foods and 'Swag Bags'

By: Sydney Smith

December 01, 2012 07:00 AM EST

Globe & Mail to Moderate Gaza Comments Before Posting B/c of Hateful, Racist Comments

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Globe & Mail to Moderate Gaza Comments Before Posting B/c of Hateful, Racist Comments

By: Sydney Smith

November 26, 2012 05:30 AM EST

The Globe and Mail is going to start moderating comments on stories about Gaza before publication after the newspaper's website received a slew of comments that included racism or hate speech, public editor Sylvia Stead...

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