How did Fake Chinese News Site Dupe Washington Post, Atlantic, BBC?
Multiple news outlets including the Washington Post and the BBC were duped by a fake news site posing as Chinese…
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‘Officer Friendly’ cartoon shows police reacting to white, black children differently
A cartoon depicting police officers as "fiendly" and pointing a gun at a black boy and "friendly" and waving to…
St Louis Post-Dispatch Cuts ‘Vile and Racist’ Readers Comments After Ferguson
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch won't allow readers to comment on opinion articles any more because of "vile and racist comments,…
Thai News editor Gets 4.5 years in jail for libeling King
Thai news editor Nut Rungwong has been jailed for libeling Thailand's king, the Associated Press reported. He didn't actually write…
Another Sun reporter on trial for paying public officials for stories
Former Sun reporter Nick Parker is being accused of paying a police officer for stories, the Press Gazette reported. Police…
John Wayne Escaped from Prison? Kentucky TV News Uses Famed Actor Photo for Inmate
A Kentucky television news station aired a photograph of the actor John Wayne along with news coverage of two convicts…
Rolling Stone Cuts Victim-Blaming Comment from UVA Rape Story Apology
Rolling Stone has amended its online apology for its report "A Rape on Campus" about accusations of rape on University…
Guardian Expands Handling of Reader Complaints with Review Panel
Readers upset about coverage from the Guardian and Observer now have another way to complain. In late November, the Guardian…
In real life, the lawyers and judge were women, so why did Toronto Star’s Ghomeshi Cartoon depict them as Men?
In the real court case, two female lawyers and a woman Judge --not men--dominated the visual court scene. So why…
Fatal Accident Victim name in U-T San Diego upsets reader
The U-T San Diego defended publishing the identifies of those killed in auto accidents after a reader complained. The reader…