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PBS Site Hacked, Fake ‘Tupac Alive’ Story Posted

The website for the Public Broadcasting System was hacked this weekend in "protest" over their documentary on WikiLeaks, Reuters reported.  The hackers,…

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Christian Science Monitor to Review WaPo Plagiarist’s Travel Stories

Robert Rigney, a freelance writer based in Germany, was busted by the Washington Post for plagiarizing from a documentary film on…

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NBC Paid Licensing Fee, Hoax Pregnancy Teen Paid $150 For Footage

An attorney for Gaby Rodriguez, the Washington teenager who hoaxed her own pregnancy for six months as part of a…

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BBC Spent $1.4 million in 4 Years ‘Defending Its Journalism’

The BBC has paid  £700,000 (or $1.4 million) "defending its journalism" in the past four years, the Guardian reported.  According to the…

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Is Cover of New Sarah Palin Book Photoshopped?

The cover of a new "tell-all" book about Sarah Palin seems to be a Photoshopped image.  The cover image shows the…

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Brisbane: NYT Should Restrain Itself in “Fringe” Story Reporting

The New York Times' public editor, Arthur Brisbane, opined on the New York Times' reporting on "the world as we…

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Lance Armstrong Criticizes 60 Minutes for Claims he Used Performance Enhancing Drugs

CBS's 60 Minutes program reported claims from teammate Tyler Hamilton about Lance Armstrong and performance enhancing drugs. (See the 60…

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Is the New York Times Sofitel hotel Infographic of the alleged Dominique Strauss-Kahn rape scene overkill? (C

iMediaEthics wonders what the New York Times was thinking in its Sofitel infographic titled "Recreating an Encounter." We spotted this infographic after…

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White House Punishes Boston Herald For Bias After After Mitt Romney Oped?

The White House denied the Boston Herald access to a Barack Obama fundraiser and accused the newspaper of bias, the…

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WashPost Admits Travel Freelancer Plagiarized from Andy Warhol Documentary

The Washington Post admitted that one of its freelancers plagiarized from a documentary for a Post Travel section story on…

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