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Marc Lamont Hill out at CNN after free Palestine comments

CNN cut ties with opinion contributor Marc Lamont Hill after his comments about Palestine. Hill said at the United Nations that there should be a "free Palestine from the river...
Toronto college newspaper gets new public editor
New York Review of Books Editor Out after Jian Ghomeshi article
Who will be next PBS public editor? Madhulika Sikka leaves for WashPost
Fashion Entrepreneur didn't call Poor People 'Scroungers,' Mirror Admits

Australia's Network 10 Uses Pic of Wrong Family with Dead Dad Story

This type of mistake happens all too often. Just a few weeks ago, iMediaEthics collected noteworthy examples of media outlets using the wrong photo to accompany a story, or mismatching...
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
NPR adds editor's note on Donald Trump Jr. Russia project
Stan Lee died, not Spike Lee. New Zealand Newspaper botched front page
Houston Chronicle: 122 Sources can't be found, 8 Mike Ward stories retracted

Australia's Network 10 Uses Pic of Wrong Family with Dead Dad Story

This type of mistake happens all too often. Just a few weeks ago, iMediaEthics collected noteworthy examples of media outlets using the wrong photo to accompany a story, or mismatching...
Associated Press's Trump fact check tweet said shutdown 'takes two to tango'
SB Nation reporter tweeted Kyler Murray that she 'wont care a bit when' you're 'critically injured'
Seattle Fox affiliate axes editor over altered Trump video
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
New York Times crossword puzzle included Hispanic slur
NBC-affiliate meteorologist axed over MLK slur, but he says he just 'jumbled' words

Associated Press's Trump fact check tweet said shutdown 'takes two to tango'

The Associated Press seemingly equivocated with an "AP Fact Check" tweet about Pres. Donald Trump's Jan. 8 Oval Office address. As such, the AP's tweet has become the subject of...
SB Nation reporter tweeted Kyler Murray that she 'wont care a bit when' you're 'critically injured'
NPR drops film critic David Edelstein for Last Tango in Paris butter comment
BuzzFeed adds guidelines for reporting on mass shootings
Associated Press deletes Trump birthright citizenship tweet
Lou Dobbs deletes 'fake bombs' tweet but still calls it 'fake news'
AP deletes tweet calling Honduran migrants 'ragged, growing army'

Australia's Network 10 Uses Pic of Wrong Family with Dead Dad Story

This type of mistake happens all too often. Just a few weeks ago, iMediaEthics collected noteworthy examples of media outlets using the wrong photo to accompany a story, or mismatching...
Seattle Fox affiliate axes editor over altered Trump video
Sydney Morning Herald used photo of wrong person with nail gun attack story
NPR adds editor's note on Donald Trump Jr. Russia project
German edition of Playboy Misquoted Ennio Morricone
Stan Lee died, not Spike Lee. New Zealand Newspaper botched front page
Houston Chronicle: 122 Sources can't be found, 8 Mike Ward stories retracted

Fmr Irish Presidential Candidate accused of covering up sex crimes gets 6 figures

The Sunday World claimed Eurovision winner, former Irish Parliament member and former candidate for Irish president Dana Rosemary Scallon covered up allegations of child sex abuse against her brother. Scallon's...
Cancer Researcher can sue NYTimes over letter sent before publication
No, Moroccan Prince not plotting against king
Jason Miller suing Splinter over Abortion Pill story
Ryanair gets libel settlement from Irish Examiner over safety record claim
Joe Arpaio sues NYT for $147.5 million over opinion piece
Sarah Ferguson NOT writing royal family tell-all, Closer Weekly apologizes