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Asiana Airlines Not Going to Sue KTVU for Reporting Racist Names for Crash Pilots

Asiana Airlines said that it won't sue Bay Area Fox-affiliate KTVU for wrongly reporting last week that the names of…

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Manufacturing Public Opinion on the XL Pipeline

The decision on whether to authorize building the XL Pipeline, which would transport oil from the tar sands in Canada…

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NYT says Boston Bomber not idealized in Rolling Stone’s Tsarnaev August Cover? Four Alternatives

iMediaEthics tried alternative images of the accused Boston Bomber to test the visual result. The romantic, Jim Morrison-esque image editor…

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The Indian Express: Newspaper Names Child ‘Sex Abuse’ Victims

The Indian Express, a daily Indian newspaper based in Chennai, has been slammed for identifying children who are victims of…

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Philadelphia Daily News said Mandela Dead, BUT only to ‘some media outlets’

An image of yesterday's Philadelphia Daily News front page shows that the paper wrongly reported that Nelson Mandela died. The image…

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Pay to Play: Washington Post Sponsored Views Features Your Comment Below Op-Eds Online

Last month, the Washington Post revealed a new moneymaking scheme that would allow individuals and organizations to buy comments posted…

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Sorry for ‘Shylock’ Crossword Clue, says Tribune Media Services after Anti-Defamation League Complaint

A syndicated crossword puzzle that used the term "Shylock" as a clue for the puzzle answer "Jew" got the newspaper…

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WSJ Hoaxed by Fake Twitter Account for Joan Didion

The Wall Street Journal was hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for author Joan Didion, Gawker reported. The Journal's July…

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‘Howie Felterbush’? USA Today Deletes Zimmerman Reactions by Source with Fake Name

USA Today was apparently hoaxed by a source giving a fake name "Howie Felterbush" for a story about the verdict…

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NYT: Women can play that game, too! (If they’re anonymous)

Taylor wrote that she spent a full academic year on this story. But she couldn’t find one woman to go…

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