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Third AP Staffer Fired over Terry McAuliffe Error

The Associated Press fired a third employee over its bogus story claiming Terry McAuliffe lied to federal investigators. As iMediaEthics…

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Scientific American Trouble: How it Handled the ‘Urban Whore’ blogpost

Scientific American has commented again about this month's controversy when it unpublished -- and then re-published -- a blog post…

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Racist Tweet? Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Print Apology

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution apologized after a racist tweet was posted on its Twitter account.

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Police Provided Wrong Photo for Accused Rapist, Oxford Mail Apologizes

The Oxford Mail published a photo of the wrong person with a story about a man who "admitted the firearms…

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Two Polls That Ended the Shutdown and May Prevent Another

In the wake of the federal government shutdown, it was clear to most pundits and political leaders that the Republican…

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How did Howie Felterbush hoax 14 Gannett news outlets after Zimmerman verdict?

Who is the prankster that fooled more than a dozen Gannett-owned media properties this summer following the George Zimmerman verdict?…

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2 Ways Daily Mail Fails to Hide Being Hoaxed By Fake Tweet

The Daily Mail has scrubbed an article to cover up being hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for Libyan prime…

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AP Fires Journalists Bob Lewis, Dena Potter after Error, Claimed McAuliffe Lied to Feds

The Associated Press fired its journalist Bob Lewis over his bogus story about Terry McAuliffe, according to the Huffington Post…

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Toronto Star Columnist: Bicyclists ‘Should be Shot,’ Public Editor Says it’s Obviously a Joke

Lots of readers complained to the Toronto Star public editor Kathy English after columnist Rosie DiManno wrote in an Oct.…

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Congressman Bill Young NOT Dead, Fox News Corrects On Air

Fox News' Gretchen Carlson wrongly reported on air that Rep. Bill Young died Oct. 17. Carlson said on air, in…

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