Look out, tweeters, you’re next: Fmr Northern Ireland politician Peter Robinson gets libel payout from Metro
The UK Metro Online falsely accused Northern Ireland politician Peter Robinson of being a terrorist in a June news story.…
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Does NYTimes bubble tea article prove it’s reporting from inside a cultural bubble?
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3 journalists suspended after publication of wildly inaccurate story about the African National Congress was published in South Africa media
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Breitbart retracts: ‘No evidence’ German soccer player Lukas Podolski is ‘a migrant gang member’ or human trafficker
Breitbart, the right-wing American news and commentary website, used a photograph of German soccer player Lukas Podolski on a jet…
Libel lawsuit updates: Rebel Wilson settles ‘scum’ tweet, ABC News pink slime pays $177 million, can NYTimes get Sarah Palin’s case thrown out?
1. The New York Times is trying to get Sarah Palin's libel lawsuit against the newspaper thrown out of court. Palin…
UK Express pays student James Ellison for Calais fires story with ‘serious falsehoods’
The UK Express accused a UK doctorate student, James Ellison, of setting fires to the Calais migrant camps in France…
Man Bit Murder Victim a Few Times but Didn’t Eat Her: News outlets correct
A man may have bitten his murder victim a few times, but he didn't actually eat her. Three years later,…
First Lady of Poland didn’t Snub Donald Trump’s handshake, Guardian Corrects
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