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Sydney Morning Herald’s Gaza Cartoon apology: ‘Prominent, extensive and closely reasoned,’ Press Council rules

The Australian Press Council ruled that the Sydney Morning Herald broke offense standards with its July cartoon slammed for anti-Semitism.…

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Journalists Bribed Police for Royals’ phone numbers? Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman to be retried

Andy Coulson will go on trial yet again this summer. Coulson's retrial for accusations of paying police officers for a…

London Allen

Satire Website Fools ESPN, Kei Nishikori isn’t highest paid tennis star

ESPN2 host Chris Fowler was duped by a fake website, MediaMass, because he failed to check his facts. Fowler reported…

London Allen

NBC News said Journalist Maria Shriver can report news about Still Alice, a movie she produced?

Maria Shriver, NBC News correspondent, reported about an upcoming movie "Still Alice," starring Julianne Moore. But Shriver wasn't just a…

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Willie Nelson not a Duck Dynasty star, HuffPost corrects mix up

Willie Nelson is NOT on Duck Dynasty. iMediaEthics just came across a comical December mix-up from the Huffington Post.  On…

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Russia Today, Boko Haram & ISIS? NY Times didn’t offer RT rebuttal before publishing Andrew Lack attack

Do state-funded Russian news outlet Russia Today and terrorist groups Boko Haram and ISIS belong in the same category? The new chair…

Sydney Smith

It’s a fake OpEd! I did not write for China Daily, says Journo

Peter Hessler, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, denies that he wrote a commentary comparing China and Egypt…

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Canada Global TV knew Leslie Roberts as journalist, NOT PR firm owner

Canada's Global Television suspended anchor Leslie Roberts for a conflict of interest earlier this month. Roberts has now resigned from…

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Pew Research Wins! 7th Annual Top 10 Dubious Polling Awards, 2015

Editor's Note: iMediaEthics' polling director David Moore collects the ten most dubious polls from the prior year in his annual…

Sydney Smith

CNN Scores FAA Permit to Fly Drones for Future Newsgathering

CNN got a permit to research using drones in its journalism, Gizmodo reported.  CNN announced its "research agreement with the…

Sydney Smith