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English-Speaking Students a Minority in British Classrooms? UK Express gets in trouble with Press Regulator

No, English-speaking students aren't a "minority" in British classrooms. The UK Daily Express had to correct after falsely making that…

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No More Online Commenting at Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is the latest newspaper to eliminate online commenting from its website. Like many other news outlets, the Star found…

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iMediaEthics 10 Most Read Stories of 2015

Below, see the ten most read stories on iMediaEthics from 2015. 10 . The Post-Courier, a newspaper in Papua New…

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UK Telegraph Fined $45K for E-mailing Readers Voting Advice

The UK Daily Telegraph is required to pay a fine of £30,000 (about $45,000 U.S.) after e-mailing readers back in May to…

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Nigerian Tribune Retracts after Publishing Fake Interview, Fires Reporter

The Nigerian Tribune fessed up to publishing a fake interview and fired the reporter who was duped. The fake interviewee posed…

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Washington Post Deletes Ted Cruz Children are ‘Political Props’ Cartoon

The Washington Post unpublished an editorial cartoon of presidential candidate Ted Cruz and his daughters. The cartoon, by Post editorial cartoonist Ann…

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Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Fires Editor after NRA Editorial?

The Sentinel-Tribune fired editor Jan Larson McLaughlin, who had worked for the paper for more than three decades, after she let…

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Top 10 Political Reporting Errors of the Year

This year, there were so many glaring or entertaining corrections we had to divvy up our annual corrections lists in categories. Below…

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Daily Telegraph Corrects Suicide Pact, Travellers Movement Story after IPSO Complaint

The Daily Telegraph wrongly said an inquest into the deaths of a married couple found the pair died as part…

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Reuters’ Syrian girl ‘Editor’s Choice’ Photo mystery: Why does she have an extra thumb?

Why is there an extra thumb in this Reuters photo of a Syrian girl in a refugee camp? If you…

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