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Reporting on Children: New Guidance from UK

The UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation has new guidance for reporting on children. The guidance emphasizes that intruding on and reporting on children "can only be overridden...
Guidance for Reporting on Islam, Muslims in the works
NYT adds Editors Note after reporting Les Moonves fake interview
Marc Lamont Hill out at CNN after free Palestine comments
Toronto college newspaper gets new public editor

Doug Adler, ESPN settle lawsuit over Venus Williams gorilla/guerrilla comment

Doug Adler resolved his case against ESPN for firing him in 2017, alleging he compared Venus Williams to "a gorilla." As iMediaEthics reported, in 2017 Adler apologized when some viewers...
ESPN SportsCenter shows LeBron James, Anthony Davis Fake Instagram
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Pittsburgh TV News graphic called Tom Brady 'known cheater'
Australia's Network 10 Uses Pic of Wrong Family with Dead Dad Story

Pennsylvania paper drops cartoon for hidden f-word message to Trump

Pennsylvania's Butler Eagle axed Wiley Miller's comic strip "Non Sequitur" after a recent cartoon had a hidden message saying "f*** yourself" to Pres. Donald Trump. The cartoon said "We fondly...
Doug Adler, ESPN settle lawsuit over Venus Williams gorilla/guerrilla comment
Elizabeth Hurley, Elton John get phone hacking settlements
Indian journalist gets clarification from news outlet...8 years later
KTVI pulls anchor from air after MLK racial slur
Pittsburgh TV News graphic called Tom Brady 'known cheater'
3rd TV News Reporter mispronounces MLK's name

St Louis Public Radio axes online comments

St. Louis Public Radio is axing online comments, executive editor Shula Neuman announced this month. Why? Neuman said readers aren't really using it and it's not effective. "For starters, the...
ESPN SportsCenter shows LeBron James, Anthony Davis Fake Instagram
Covington Story: INE Entertainment axes staffer for 'I just want these people to die' tweets
CBC Deletes 'Poorly Worded' Tweet about D.C. protests
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'
NPR drops film critic David Edelstein for Last Tango in Paris butter comment

Fake Truck Driver? NYT Deletes Quotes

The New York Times interviewed a man identified as truck driver Martin Thornton about Brexit. But, now, the Times has corrected its article and deleted the source's comments. Why? The...
ESPN SportsCenter shows LeBron James, Anthony Davis Fake Instagram
Top 10 Cases of Plagiarism, Fabrication & Missing Sources for 2018
Pittsburgh TV News graphic called Tom Brady 'known cheater'
Why NPR Aired Trump's Oval Office immigration address live
Dutch journalist accused of fabrication, plagiarism
NYT adds Editors Note after reporting Les Moonves fake interview

Politician's heavy metal band DOESN'T promote Nazi symbols, Sun loses libel suit

The Sun reported that a UK Parliament member was part of a "heavy metal band that delights in Nazi symbols." That politician, Richard Burgon, sued the News Corp-owned publication over...
Lawsuits against Deadspin, Jezebel article settled
Massachusetts newspaper called mayor heroin addict, crooked cop, so he is suing
Fmr Irish Presidential Candidate accused of covering up sex crimes gets 6 figures
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