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Marine Corps Times deletes name of reservist, Marine Corps calls for retraction

The Marine Corps Times, a news outlet independent of the military, published the name of a Marine reservist who has…

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Toronto Star columnists have ‘freedom to offend’

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English defended columnists' "freedom to offend" in a recent column. In a Nov. 8 public…

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Denver radio host: ‘you wish for nice school shooting’

Denver radio 710 KNUS canceled a radio program after host Chuck Bonniwell commented, "You know, you wish for a nice…

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BBC’s Iceland investigation not unfair, regulator says

The BBC's report on chilled food from a company called Iceland Foods Limited wasn't unfair, the UK broadcast regulator OfCom…

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Epoch Times apologizes for another news outlet’s article?

The Epoch Times, an English language news site, apologized earlier this year for a news article it published by another…

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The 10 Funniest Media Mistakes & Corrections of 2019

Media ethics and accuracy can be serious business, but amidst all the heavy news of 2019, there were some lighthearted…

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Australian TV News must pay, apologize for Indigenous abuse report

Australia's Channel Seven will apologize and pay 15 members of an Indigenous group from Yirrkala, Australia, after a segment last…

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Top 10 Most Read iMediaEthics articles of 2019

iMediaEthics' most read stories published in 2019 by unique page views. 10. NZ Herald published pic of 2 naked women…

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CBC Report on NRA broke guidelines, included opinion

A Canadian Broadcasting Corp. program broke the company's journalistic standards when it aired a host's opinions about the National Rifle…

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CNN editor’s note: 2019 Govt report says opposite what we reported in 2017

CNN added a significant editor's note to its Sept. 2017 "exclusive" claiming the U.S. government wiretapped Paul Manafort, Pres. Donald…

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