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Seattle Weekly Freelancer Engaged to Convict Featured In Negative Review, Author Sues

True crime writer Ann Rule is suing Seattle Weekly for libel over its 2011 cover story about her book, Heart…

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Libel Lawsuit against New Yorker Dismissed, Judge says Actual Malice Not Proven

Federal judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed Peter Paul Biro's libel lawsuit against the New Yorker magazine over its July 2010…

Sydney Smith

China’s Xinhua Hoaxed by Satire Story, Jeff Bezos Didn’t buy WashPost by Accident

China government-run Xinhua News was hoaxed by a satirical story claiming Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accidentally bought the Washington Post.…

Sydney Smith

BuzzFeed Takes Down Graphic Photo of Murdered Woman

BuzzFeed published and later took down a graphic photo of a murdered woman. The photo was posted by her husband,…

Sydney Smith

UK Sun Mocks Barcelona Manager’s Throat Cancer

Fans reacted to The UK Sun's use of two tasteless puns in a photo caption accompanying its report on former…

Sydney Smith

Quinnipiac Poll Asks Misleading Stand your Ground Questions

Quinnipiac University recently announced that a majority of American voters back “Stand Your Ground” laws, by a margin of 53%…

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Bloomberg Axes Editor for Fabrice Tourre Verdict Error

John Pickering was fired as an editor for Bloomberg News after he got the verdict wrong in a headline for a…

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AFP Bans criticism of ‘other media’ in Social Media Guideline Update

Agence France Presse released new social media guidelines in mid-July. The guidelines call for the wire service's journalists to maintain…

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How Will Kate Middleton Lose Baby Weight? OK! apologizes (sort of) for wondering

Readers and UK politician Jo Swinson complained after UK celebrity and entertainment magazine OK! published a front-page story all about…

London Allen

No More Anonymous Comments in North Andover Eagle-Tribune

The Eagle-Tribune, a daily newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts, has decided to stop letting users comment anonymously, effective August 1.…

London Allen