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Fox News says Bill O’Reilly didn’t know he’d be used in investment scheme newsletter

An e-mail from conservative news agency Newsmax converted an interview with Bill O'Reilly into an endorsement for an investment program…

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HuffPost Removes Offer of $100K for a Takedown of Glenn Beck

The Huffington Post removed one of its blogs from its site yesterday and replaced it with an editor's note that…

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WikiFactCheck Site Sets to CrowdSource Fact Checking

The community submitted, edited and free for users Wikipedia has been around for a few years now. Google ranks Wikipedia…

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OSHA Fines SeaWorld for Violations, Media Never Gets Brancheau’s Death’s Video Footage

Dawn Brancheau died in February after killer whale Tilikum (also known as Tili) pulled her under water by her ponytail. …

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New NYT Public Editor Arthur Brisbane’s First Column on “Absolutes”

The first column by Arthur Brisbane, The New York Times' new (and fourth) public editor, focused on the often troubling…

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U.S. Libel Tourism Protection Act Signed into Law, British Activists See Call for Reform

In mid-August, President Barack Obama signed into law the SPEECH Act.  The new law, quickly passed by the House of…

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Much Ado About . . . Obama’s Religion

This detail of a screenshot from a CNN interview on YouTube shows the results of Pew's most recent poll on…

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Why is WaPo’s “spraying semen” story Metro section front page news?

Terry Michael, the director of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, sarcastically wondered Aug 19 on his personal blog…

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Blogger Jamal Ashiqain highlights Pakistan media’s sensationalism

A Pakistani blogger wrote Aug 22 criticizing the Pakistani's intrusive media coverage and insensitive treatment of victims. The blogger, Jamal…

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The Atlantic criticizes HuffPost for being duped by satire site & not admitting error

The Atlantic Wire's John Hudson called out the Huffington Post Aug 19 for treating a satirical article as news and…

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