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LA Weekly ‘F*** Suicide’ Column, 100s Complain, Henry Rollins ‘deeply sorry’

Musician Henry Rollins apologized for slamming people who commit suicide in an article for LA Weekly. His Aug. 21 LA…

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Errors in NYTimes Reporting on Darren Wilson

Darren Wilson, the police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, has been the subject of numerous high-profile…

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Wash Post Says ‘insulting’ Redskins name blocked on editorial page

The Washington Post announced Aug. 22 it will no longer use "Redskins," the name of the NFL team the Washington…

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Philadelphia paper fires editor after Asian slur ‘Me Too, Chinky Winky, Dinky Doo’

The Philadelphia Public Record published racial slurs in its Aug. 21 issue, Philly Mag reported.  In a caption for a…

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Calling Michael Brown ‘No Angel’ a ‘Blunder,’ NYTimes public editor says

It was "regrettable" that the New York Times called Michael Brown, the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson,…

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4 Complaints over edited James Foley beheading video, Toronto Star public editor says

The Toronto Star published an edited version of the terrorist group ISIS's video showing freelance journalist James Foley being beheaded,…

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201 complaints dog Sky News’ Malaysian crash coverage, UK broadcast regulator investigating

Sky News will be investigated by UK broadcast regulator OfCom after host Colin Brazier sifted through a Malaysian Airlines Flight…

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Austrian football team Like Hitler? Incest rapist Josef Fritz? Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet ‘unbelievably thoughtless’

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet apologized after one of its columnists compared a football [soccer] team to both Adolf Hitler and the…

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Random People Misidentified as WWI Private, Relative in Photo, Canadian Press issues Kill Notice,

The Toronto Star, the Canadian Press and The Veterans Affairs in Ottawa all wrongly identified a photo of a man…

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How Australian media used James Foley beheading images to save lives?

Earlier this week, terrorist group ISIS released a video showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley. How media covered…

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