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MSNBC Cuts & Pastes Biden's words about Benghazi, and makes them about Gun control, Says sorry afterwards
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Sydney Smith
May 07, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A "producer error" led MSNBC to quote Vice President Joe Biden out of context from one event (about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya) and apply it to another segment with a completely different meaning,...
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Howard Kurtz: Jason Collins Error was 'Sloppy and Inexcusable'
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Sydney Smith
May 06, 2013
09:30 AM EST
Howard Kurtz apologized May 5 on his CNN program "Reliable Sources" for his now-retracted Daily Beast article about NBA player Jason...
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Father of Teen May Sue, Accused by NY Post as Boston Marathon Bomber on Front Page
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Sydney Smith
May 06, 2013
05:00 AM EST
An angry father of a teenager wrongly identified by the New York Post as a possible suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings might sue, the Washington Post reported. His son and another person were depicted in a...
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LA Times, New York Times Join USA Today, AP in New Standards for 'Illegal Immigrant'
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Sydney Smith
May 05, 2013
05:00 AM EST
The Los Angeles Times is the latest news organization to update its standards for how it reports on immigration. According to the Times, the newspaper plans on handling descriptions with "a careful, case-by-case...
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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong
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Sydney Smith
May 04, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over huge health violations, like selling old, re-used food, including "months old"...
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Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story
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May 03, 2013
02:00 PM EST
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2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
03:30 PM EST
Washington Wizards pro basketball player Jason Collins announced in a very high-profile May 6 Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he is gay. And within a few days of Collins' story being published online,...
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John Krasinski, Arrested Development: Yahoo News Uses Wrong Photo
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
07:00 AM EST
Oops! Yahoo News wrongly used a picture of director John Singleton with a news story about The Office actor John Krasinski joining the upcoming season of Arrested Development. Gawker, which posted a screenshot of...
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian's Twitter Accounts for 'Lies and Slander'
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The Guardian reported that some of its Twitter accounts was hacked this past week. Hacked accounts included the Guardian's Books, Travel and Film accounts. According to the Guardian, the Syrian...
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IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
05:30 AM EST
The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment management firm International Value Advisers (IVA) Worldwide's "total portfolio is in European...
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Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says
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Sydney Smith
May 02, 2013
05:00 AM EST
The Scottish Sun was called out by the Press Complaints Commission for being insensitive and invasion of privacy when publishing pictures from a funeral last fall. The photos showed the family of Sir Chris Hoy at a...
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National Weather Service: 'Look out for fake weather pics!'
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Sydney Smith
May 01, 2013
06:00 AM EST
A fake photo purportedly showing a huge supercell thunderstorm cloud over Lawton, Oklahoma has been circulating on social media, the National Weather Service said. The National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma...
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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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Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?
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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...
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CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted
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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...
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NPR Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, Says it's made 'Necessary Corrections'
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Sydney Smith
April 28, 2013
06:00 AM EST
The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked another news site. In recent months the group has hacked BBC Twitter accounts, the AFP's Twitter account, and Al Jazeera's "mobile service." This time,...
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Editor of News Corp's The Sun OK'ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say
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Sydney Smith
April 28, 2013
05:00 AM EST
The executive editor of UK News Corp-owned newspaper The Sun, Fergus Shanahan, was charged in the UK police's investigation into bribery for "an offence of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office,"...
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Kate Middleton Topless Pics Photographer Could go to Jail
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Sydney Smith
April 27, 2013
06:00 AM EST
Last year, French magazine Closer published topless pictures of Kate Middleton (aka the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's wife) sunbathing on a terrace of a house during a vacation. Middleton and her...
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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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Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:
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Sydney Smith
April 25, 2013
01:00 PM EST
In the ten days since the Boston Marathon bombings, there have been a handful of errors and ethical issues in the related news media reportage. iMediaEthics has already written several stories about errors, including The...
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