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No, Sean Penn wasn’t meeting with ISIS, Deadline retracts after duped by Andy Borowitz

Entertainment news site Deadline was duped by a satire story about Sean Penn and ISIS this afternoon. Just a day…

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Why do New York Times’ 52 Places to Go in 2016 5 Errors matter ?

French city Bordeaux is only about 19 square miles, but the New York Times accidentally said it was getting a…

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Rolling Stone Lets El Chapo OK Sean Penn’s article before publication

Actor Sean Penn interviewed Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo, aka Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, for Rolling Stone magazine. And El…

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Victims’ Group Wants UK Police to Re-Think Decision to Drop Phone Hacking Investigation

The UK Crown Prosecution Service said it was done investigating phone hacking at News Corp.- and Trinity Mirror-owned newspapers last…

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OK to publish Spider Bite Photo, Story based on Facebook post, UK regulator says

The UK Mirror published a story about a man's blisters from a spider bite that was based entirely on his…

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USA Today Corrects: Ammon Bundy Twitter Account a Fake

USA Today admitted to being hoaxed by a parody Twitter account for Ammon Bundy, who is part of the armed…

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BuzzFeed Fail? Why did BuzzFeed Publish a Story that Harms, Invades Privacy of Random Girl?

BuzzFeed went online, found something nasty happening to a random person, and then told everyone about it. This is news?…

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Australian Teacher didn’t get fired for Bong Photo, Press Council calls out WA Today

Australia's WA Today wrongly said a local Catholic school teacher was fired after controversial photos of her surfaced. But, it turns out…

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Ryan Howard, Ryan Zimmerman Sue Al Jazeera over Sports Doping Documentary

Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard are suing Al Jazeera over its December documentary linking them and Peyton…

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UK Sun’s Jeremy Corbyn Privy Council story ‘Significantly Misleading’

The UK Sun was instructed by the nation's press regulator to tell readers on its front page that it messed…

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