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Daily Mail Runs 5 Corrections on Julian Assange Stories

The UK Daily Mail published five corrections on five separate stories after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained to the UK…

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BuzzFeed Unpublishes Fake Tornado Photos

BuzzFeed published "several" fake photos of Texas tornadoes April 3, the Guardian reported. According to the Guardian, the pictures in…

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Wisconsin Newspaper Ran Fake Story for April Fools, Says Radio Station Hoaxed

Wisconsin's County Line newspaper published a fake story for April Fools' Day, ABC-affiliate News 18-WQOW reported. The article claimed that…

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Globe & Mail Public Editor on Live Tweeting Murder Trial

The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead weighed in on the newspaper's coverage of a murder trial again, this…

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Spike Lee Apologizes for Tweeting Couple’s Address, Houston Chronicle Corrects Will Ferrell Trayvon Tweet

Movie director Spike Lee apologized for sending out on Twitter the wrong address for Florida man George Zimmerman, who "says…

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James Murdoch Resigns from BSkyB, Former NOTW Editor Apologizes to Gordon Ramsay

James Murdoch resigned as BSkyB chairman April 3, USA Today reported. He will still be the deputy chief operating officer…

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NBC News Criticized for Selective Edit of Trayvon Martin 911 Call, NBC Apologizes

NBC News announced it will look into "the editorial process" that led to a selectively edited 911 phone call made…

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RTE Announces: New Journalism Guidelines, Another Investigation after Fr Reynolds Libel

Ireland's Broadcasting Authority sent its review of RTE's libel of Catholic priest Father Kevin Reynolds to the broadcaster, the Irish…

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Norway’s Press Council: Aftenposten Broke Ethics Code with Story based on WikiLeaks Cable

Norway's Press Complaints Commission ruled that Aftenposten broke Norway's ethics code with its 2011 article on Respublika, Baltic-Course reported. Aftenposten…

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Bakersfield Californian Retracts Fabricated Fishing Column Item, Forbes Unpublishes Fake April Fools Day Story Saying Romney Out of 2012 Presidential Race

Just before April 1, the Bakersfield Californian issued a retraction for an "item in Friday's Outdoors column, by Steve Merlo." …

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