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Times of London Apologizes for Computer Hacking in 2009

News Corp-owned the UK Times of London's editor James Harding apologized Feb. 7 for a Times reporter's 2009 hacking of…

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Dutch TV Denies Flesh Eating Segment a Hoax or Publicity Stunt

According to numerous international news reports, two Dutch TV hosts, Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, reportedly "ate each other's freshly…

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Indonesian Press Council Releases Online Media Guidelines

The Indonesian Press Council has released its "cyber media guidelines," which were "officiated" Feb. 3, press council member Zulfiani Lubis…

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Q & A with a Founder of Saving Ethical Journalism Blog

A new blog, Saving Ethical Journalism, was launched in late December 2011 by two journalists, David DesRoches and Patricia Gay.  DesRoches…

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Michele Bachmann Calls for the Boston Globe to Retract Story

U.S. congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed the Boston Globe's story "that speculated she'd be throwing her support behind Mitt Romney" during his…

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Pakistani Group to Publish Gender-Sensitive Code of Ethics March 8

White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan is hosting a National Conference on Gender and Media in March, the group's Omer Aftab told…

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Transcripts of Leaked Calls from Indian Media’s Radiagate May have been Doctored?

According to a Jan. 31 report by India Private Limited, the controversial leaked transcripts of phone calls between a lobbyist…

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Miss Piggy Criticizes Fox News

Miss Piggy, star of the movie The Muppets, has responded  to Fox Business' Eric Bolling's criticism of the 2011 Muppets movie, Media…

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Advertising Watchdog on Claims TripAdvisor Published Fake Reviews

In February 2011, we wrote about claims made by "online reputation services" company KwikChex that TripAdvisor was hosting 27,000 defamatory…

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3 Anonymous Sources to be named for Australian Defamation Suit

An Australian Supreme Court called for three journalists from Australia's The Age newspaper to identify three anonymous sources in order…

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