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Toronto Star’s Front-Page Apology 1st in 18 Years, Story was ‘Entirely Wrong,’ Public Editor Says

For the first time in 18 years, the Toronto Star had to run a front-page apology after wrongly saying that…

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Sports Reporter Fired after ‘Tremendous Amount of Sex’ Freudian Slip

Comcast SportsNet Chicago fired sports reporter Susannah Collins earlier this month, according to the sports media website Sherman Report. The…

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CNN Covers Up Error in Cleveland Kidnappings Case: Amanda Berry NOT Ariel Castro’s Daughter’s Best Friend

CNN's Michael Martinez made an error in his May 12 story on the Cleveland kidnappings case and suspect Ariel Castro. …

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New York Post fakes it again, Obama photo doctored with NO disclosure

Can't the New York Post play by the rules? Photo editors know they are supposed to disclose when an image…

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South Korean News Denies Photoshop of Obama, Park Geun-hye, Admits to failed caption

South Korean news organization Yonhap News Agency published a strange side-by-side image of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye with President…

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One-Third of the Public Doesn’t Care about Immigration Reform, New iMediaEthics PollCheck Finds

A new iMediaEthics poll suggests Americans are more laid back about immigration reform than what most polls show, with about…

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iMediaEthics Immigration Survey: Methodology & Topline

IMEDIAETHICS METHODOLOGY FOR IMMIGRATION SURVEY Geography Surveyed: USA 50 States Data Collected: 04/13/2013 - 04/16/2013 Immigration: 896 adults nationwide were…

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Did Egyptian Newspaper Publish Fake Interview with Hosni Mubarak? Lawyer Says ‘Whole Interview is a Lie’

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's lawyer accused newspaper al-Watan of publishing a fake interview with Mubarak. Al-Watan reporter Mohammad Al…

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BBC’s Interview with Anonymous Gambling Addict Source Wasn’t so Anonymous, Used his Real Voice, UK Regulator Calls out Invasion of Privacy

The BBC promised to give a "gambling addict" anonymity if he would be interviewed by the network's Panorama program for…

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Why Journalists Shouldn’t Say ‘Shark-infested Waters,’ Guardian Readers Editor Explains

The term "shark-infested waters" is an inaccurate cliche, the Guardian readers' editor Chris Elliott argued in a May 5 column.…

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