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Dan Levy is sports editor for the Incline; one reference referred to him only as editor.
We clarified the text above to reflect that the error and apology were only in the online Metro not in the print edition.
Clarified that more than half of respondents to the survey advocated regulation by an independent body as opposed to self-regulation. Thanks to IMPRESS's Jonathan Heawood for pointing this out.
For clarification, the 40+ charges against Hicks are not because of his impersonation of a Sky News reporter, but because of other actions. The police were notified of Hicks' impersonation of a reporter but there are no criminal charges for impersonating a journalist unless you gain some sort of benefit. While Sky News did tell iMediaEthics the police were investigating the accusations of posing as a reporter, the police told us they did not conduct a formal investigation. For more on the case, read iMediaEthics' in-depth story: http://www.imediaethics.org/News/4568/After_denial__australian_man_admits_to_impersonating_a_reporter.php
iMediaEthics re-worded a caption for the painting of a woman and a ‘Fauve Landscape’. To be precise, the paintings are in the style of Modigliani and de Vlaminck, respectively, signed by the forger, de Hory, as opposed to, his earlier behavior where he signed the artist's names in an illegal attempt to pass off the work as originals. Thanks to Mark Forgy, de Hory's heir, for pointing this out.
ITV's This Morning show aired the interview with actor Dan Richards, not ITV News. This Morning describes itself on Facebook as airing "the latest news, vids and gossip."
NPR issued a retraction for using part of the This American Life program on Daisey. http://www.npr.org/2012/03/19/148920862/retraction-this-american-life-audio To clarify, This American Life is aired by "WBEZ Chicago PublicRadio, and distributed by Public Radio International," but NPR airs a podcast of This American Life. http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=6349076
Clarified headline to reflect that the Denver Post's Woody Paige admitted to "lifting quotes." Thanks to Isaac Cubillos for pointing it out.
Clarified this sentence: Media Trackers, a Wisconsin media watchdog group, criticized the state fact checking organization PolitiFact Wisconsin for being "in nitpick mode" in its fact checking of a statement made by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, according to PolitiFact Bias.
The original version of this story said 44% of Republicans think the investigation is justified; it is 11%. We regret the error.