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MSNBC Misdates Photo, RNC Priebus NOT at Cowboys-Eagles Game

MSNBC's Ed Schultz accused Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus of lying about where he was Dec. 14. His evidence…

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Toronto Star ran 172 fewer Corrections in 2014 than in 2013

The Toronto Star published 813 corrections in 2014 - a little more than 2 a day, according to the newspaper's…

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Idi Amin’s Son Complains about Father’s Obit, Guardian Investigates

Eleven years after Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's death, Amin's son Hussein Amin complained to the Guardian that its obituary of…

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Twitter Interview Gone Wrong: Huff Post hoaxed by fake witness to Antonio Martin shooting

The Huffington Post was hoaxed by a fake interview with someone they found on social media claiming to witness the…

Sydney Smith

NC Newspaper explains why it used anonymous sources

The News & Record, a daily newspaper in Greensboro, N.C., decided to use anonymous sources to report on the firing…

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Patch Editor Can Protect Anonymous Source, Illinois Appellate Court rules

Patch.com editor Joseph Hosey will not have to identify his source used in reporting on a double murder last year…

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8 Best New York Times Corrections in 2014

In compiling our year-end corrections round-up, we realized many of our favorites this year came from the newspaper of record.…

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Top 10 Wrong & Fake Photos of 2014

This year, we at iMediaEthics were pleased to see that news outlets didn't appear to publish nearly as many fake…

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News of the World’s Jules Stenson Admits Phone Hacking

And yet another News of the World editor has fessed up to phone hacking. Jules Stenson pleaded guilty to conspiring…

Sydney Smith

Was Baltimore TV News edit ‘Kill a Cop’ an error?

After a protester complained, Baltimore TV news station Fox's WBFF, admits it mis-edited a video of police protesters at the…

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