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Globe & Mail Public Editor on Reader Reaction to Luka Magnotta Coverage

The Globe and Mail's public editor, Sylvia Stead, defended the newspaper's coverage of Luka Rocco Magnotta, the man suspected of…

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Plagiarism Questions about Fox News’ Oliver North’s Column

One of Fox News host and author Oliver North's column has been questioned for including plagiarism of a Vietnam War…

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NPR Adds Editors Note to Disclose Conflict of Interest

NPR addeda May 24 editor's note to a May 21 story to disclose the conflict of interest that the author…

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CNBC Corrects, Apologizes for Fake 2011 Story about NBA Lockout & Escorts

CNBC's Darren Rovell apologized this week for including fake information in a November story "Small Business Owners Getting Squeezed by…

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Montreal Gazette Defends Photo of Murder Suspect holding Beer, Brewery Drops Call for Photo Takedown

A Canadian brewery wanted the Montreal Gazette to unpublish a photo of "suspected murderer Luka Magnotta posing with one of…

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Barbara Walters Apologizes for Conflict in Offering Job, College Help to Assad Adviser

Barbara Walters apologized for pulling strings to get "the daughter of Syria's UN ambassador" Bashar Jaafari, a CNN internship and…

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Calorie Lab Accuses AFP of ‘Enhanced Aggregation,’ Not Crediting for Breaking Story

Calorie Lab accused Agence France Presse of failing to credit it for breaking a story.  Calorie Lab identifies itself as…

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PCC: Undercover Photos from Supermarket & of Child OK to Publish B/c in ‘Exceptional Public Interest’

The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that it wasn't an invasion of privacy for the Sunday Life newspaper to use…

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Exclusive: SPJ New York Journalism Deadline Club failed to file IRS, NY State forms for many years

Exclusive: Since January 17, iMediaEthics has tried, and failed, to get the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) New York chapter,…

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Public Editor Role Ended at Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is ending its public editor position, according to a May 25 column by its outgoing public editor…

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