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Why Toronto Star didn’t ID 15-yr-old Canadian Diplomat’s son as Miami murder suspect

Canadian and American news outlets named the minor-aged son of a Canadian diplomat charged with two counts of felony murder.…

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Nancy Reagan didn’t back Hillary Clinton, Bloomberg Politics duped

Bloomberg Politics fell for a hoax story saying Nancy Reagan is backing Hillary Clinton in a bid for president in…

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Palestinians are ‘Worthless Subhuman Beasts?’ Times of Israel Unpublishes ‘Malicious Hoax’ attributed to Real Lawyer

The Times of Israel unpublished an article calling Palestinians "worthless subhuman beasts and vermin." The article went on to claim…

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BuzzFeed reinstates unpublished critical story about Dove ad campaign

 Why did BuzzFeed unpublish a blogpost that criticizes Dove soap, a big BuzzFeed advertiser? Gawker reported last night that an…

London Allen

Why did Boston Judge Ban WHDH-TV Cameraman from Aaron Hernandez Trial?

Boston's Channel 7 WHDH-TV was called out by a Massachusetts judge in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial for "juror harassment."…

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Cop who Sold Milly Dowler story to Sun gets 18 months in jail, What about reporters who paid?

Former police officer Simon Quinn ended up in jail for selling story tips to the UK Sun, the Press Gazette…

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NYT Defends posting violent Walter Scott Shooting video, victim’s criminal record

New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan defended the Times' coverage of the shooting of Walter Scott. "I see nothing…

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‘Dealings’ with Bashar al-Assad regime ? False claim gets Oil Exec Libel Settlement from Mirror

The Daily Mirror donated money and apologized to oil executive Ayman Asfari after accusing him of "dealing with [the] Assad…

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Did French TV news channel BFMTV put Paris terror hostages at risk ?

Did French TV news channel BFMTV put hostages at risk with its coverage of the January attack on a Paris…

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Media Beat: Insider guides to Columbia J School’s Rolling Stone Report

This weekend, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism released its long-awaited investigation into the failures that led Rolling Stone to…

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