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Mark Halperin ‘Leaving his Role’ at MSNBC after Sexual Harassment Allegations

Veteran journalist Mark Halperin is "leaving his role" at MSNBC after five women told CNN he sexually harassed them during…

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Why The Forward Posted & then Deleted Elie Wiesel Groping Claim

The Forward, a national Jewish newspaper, published a story about a sexual groping allegation against Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor…

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Fake Quotes in Campus Newspaper? Reporter Quits Before Hearing

Fake news is all the talk in mainstream and social media, but student publications have largely been left out of…

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Grieving family rocked by Belfast Telegraph’s photograph of child and her coffin

The Belfast Telegraph published a photograph of a 7-year-old girl who died of meningitis earlier this year, as well as…

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Why Did London Evening Standard cut Solange Knowles’ Hair using Photoshop?

Fashion magazines Photoshop their subjects, but news outlets are not supposed to "editorialize" and change the appearance of photos. So…

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Fox News Tricked by Man with fake War Credentials, Fails to Correct for nearly two weeks

Two weeks ago, Fox News broadcast a story about a glass artist named John Garofalo, who claimed to be a…

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Mail Online publishes child rape victim’s first name, an ethics breach

The UK Mail Online included the first name of a child rape victim in a news story, a major breach…

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NJ News Site Redbankgreen Sensationalizes Suicide story by providing home address, parents’ names and adding link to Springsteen

Redbankgreen, a New Jersey news site, published an Oct. 15 news story about a "lockdown" following a man's death by…

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Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s lawsuit against AP thrown out

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska's libel lawsuit against the Associated Press was dismissed. Deripaska, the CEO of United Company RUSAL, sued…

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Tablet news site headline, ‘Specifically Jewy Perviness of Harvey Weinstein,’ under attack

Tablet Magazine, a news site covering "Jewish life," published an article headlined, "The Specifically Jewy Perviness of Harvey Weinstein." The…

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