Unpublishing: 105 Stories

July 01, 2012 06:05 PM EST

A CNN iReport post wrongly reported that musician Gotye died, blog Zap2it reported. The iReport, which has since been removed and replaced with a notice saying "Story Not Available: This Content is Currently...

Montreal Gazette Defends Photo of Murder Suspect holding Beer, Brewery Drops Call for Photo Takedown

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Montreal Gazette Defends Photo of Murder Suspect holding Beer, Brewery Drops Call for Photo Takedown

June 06, 2012 12:55 PM EST

A Canadian brewery wanted the Montreal Gazette to unpublish a photo of "suspected murderer Luka Magnotta posing with one of its flagship products," the Globe and Mail reported. As CBS News explained, Magnotta...

Daily Record Unpublishes, Apologizes after PCC Complaint

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Daily Record Unpublishes, Apologizes after PCC Complaint

June 03, 2012 06:15 PM EST

The UK Daily Record unpublished an article about a woman named Mary Reid after her lawyers filed an accuracy complaint to the UK Press Complaints Commission. The article's headline inaccurately indicated that she...

South African Newspaper Takes Down Satirical Graphic Photo after Threats

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South African Newspaper Takes Down Satirical Graphic Photo after Threats

May 29, 2012 05:00 AM EST

South African newspaper City Press, the "third best-selling newspaper in South Africa," "published a picture depicting President Jacob Zuma in a Leninist pose with exposed genitalia," the Guardian's...

National Review Corrects, Apologizes, Unpublishes Incorrect Plagiarism Story

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National Review Corrects, Apologizes, Unpublishes Incorrect Plagiarism Story

May 19, 2012 03:20 PM EST

National Review apologized, corrected and unpublished a story accusing Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarism, the Huffington Post reported. National Review's original article,...

Abraham Lincoln Facebook Patent Hoax: Forbes Unpublishes?

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Abraham Lincoln Facebook Patent Hoax: Forbes Unpublishes?

May 09, 2012 12:55 PM EST

A fake story that circulated online May 8 claimed that Abraham Lincoln "patented the basic idea" for Facebook with a newspaper called The Springfield Gazette, Memeburn reported. Nate St. Pierre started the...

Ellen Show Takes Down Video with 'Not Correct or Current' Claims about Mayor Cory Booker

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Ellen Show Takes Down Video with 'Not Correct or Current' Claims about Mayor Cory Booker

May 05, 2012 05:30 PM EST

The Ellen DeGeneres Show took a video segment embellishing claims about Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker off its website, the NJ Star-Ledger reported. As the Star-Ledger explained, when Booker...

Gloucestershire Echo Unpublishes, Apologizes for Story Suggesting Website Comments were Interview

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Gloucestershire Echo Unpublishes, Apologizes for Story Suggesting Website Comments were Interview

April 18, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The Gloucestershire Echo unpublished an article and apologized to a man named Bob Sayers after the Echo published an article that suggested Sayers was interviewed by the Echo, the UK Press Complaints Commission reported....

BuzzFeed Unpublishes Fake Tornado Photos

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BuzzFeed Unpublishes Fake Tornado Photos

April 06, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Bakersfield Californian Retracts Fabricated Fishing Column Item, Forbes Unpublishes Fake April Fools Day Story Saying Romney Out of 2012 Presidential Race

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Bakersfield Californian Retracts Fabricated Fishing Column Item, Forbes Unpublishes Fake April Fools Day Story Saying Romney Out of 2012 Presidential Race

April 03, 2012 04:15 PM EST

Just before April 1, the Bakersfield Californian issued a retraction for an "item in Friday's Outdoors column, by Steve Merlo." According to the retraction, the portion of the column "Foreign trout...

Media Ethicists on Unpublished Malia Obama Stories

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Media Ethicists on Unpublished Malia Obama Stories

April 02, 2012 04:00 PM EST

Last month, many news outlets removed stories reporting on the spring break trip that U.S. President Barack Obama's 13-year-old daughter Malia took, as we wrote. The outlets, including the Telegraph, the Huffington...

News Sites Unpublish Story About Malia Obama's Spring Break Trip at White House Request for Privacy, Security

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News Sites Unpublish Story About Malia Obama's Spring Break Trip at White House Request for Privacy, Security

March 21, 2012 04:05 PM EST

News sites have taken down stories about 13-year-old Malia Obama, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's daughters, Mediaite...

Georgia College Student Newspaper Apologizes for Plagiarism

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Georgia College Student Newspaper Apologizes for Plagiarism

March 11, 2012 12:20 PM EST

Daily Mail Unpublishes Sensational Science Story after PCC Complaint

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Daily Mail Unpublishes Sensational Science Story after PCC Complaint

March 08, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The UK Daily Mail unpublished a sensational article headlined "Is a Super-Volcano Just 390 Miles from London Ready to Blow?" UK blog Tabloid Watch reported Feb. 28. The article, about Germany's Laacher See...

Trinity Mirror-owned Newspaper takes Down Story after PCC Complaint

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Trinity Mirror-owned Newspaper takes Down Story after PCC Complaint

February 20, 2012 03:30 PM EST

The Sunday Mercury took down a Dec. 4 article about the death of a man named Francis Haydock after his family complained that it was insensitive and misleading, the UK Press Complaints Commission...

The Sun, Daily Mail Unpublish Stories Claiming Woman Killed by Pet Dog?

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The Sun, Daily Mail Unpublish Stories Claiming Woman Killed by Pet Dog?

February 12, 2012 04:25 PM EST

The Sun and the Daily Mail each apparently unpublished articles claiming that a woman named Cassandra Smith was killed by her pet Alsatian dog when she was trying to defend her children, Tabloid Watch...

Ad Age Denies Making Rihanna Poll, HuffPost Unpublishes Story

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Ad Age Denies Making Rihanna Poll, HuffPost Unpublishes Story

January 05, 2012 01:40 PM EST

Ad Age claims the Daily Mail's Dec. 28 report about an Ad Age poll is wrong because Ad Age never created the poll at the center of the Daily Mail's report. According to Ad Age's Dec. 30 story "We...

ESPN Unpublishes Blog Post with Fake Quotes from Oregon Ducks Coach

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ESPN Unpublishes Blog Post with Fake Quotes from Oregon Ducks Coach

January 04, 2012 01:55 PM EST

ESPN's Eamonn Brennan reported Dec. 19 that he had cited quotes that turned out to be fake. Brennan also unpublished his original post with the fake quotes. According to Brennan, in an earlier story from the...

Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes

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Wendi Deng Twitter account Fake, Associated Press Corrects, Guardian Unpublishes

January 04, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Over the weekend, two high-profile Twitter accounts garnered a good bit of attention -- @RupertMurdoch and @Wendi_Deng. However, only one of those is a real account -- Rupert Murdoch's. The News Corp CEO...

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People Mag Buries Correction?