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Actor Steve Coogan settles Hacking Lawsuit, sued Mirror Group over 62 articles

Actor Steve Coogan will be paid six figures from UK news publisher Trinity Mirror after it admitted to hacking his…

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Newsweek retracts Marilou Danley story, Latest fact check fail in Las Vegas shootings coverage

Newsweek claimed that Marilou Danley, the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, was married to two men at the…

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Gloria Steinem & David Letterman Didn’t Say That, Quotes Misattributed

Within hours after the Las Vegas shooting that left more than 50 dead, quotes attributed to Gloria Steinem and David…

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How old was Frank Vincent, Sopranos & Goodfellas Actor? Many Outlets said 78, others said 80

Frank Vincent, the character actor who appeared in the HBO television series The Sopranos, as well as the films Casino…

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Globe & Mail gets New Editorial Code, Anonymous Source Policy

The Globe and Mail has updated its anonymous source policy, as well as its overall editorial code, public editor Sylvia…

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Did Tom Petty Die? LAPD apologizes, news outlets walk back reports

Is Tom Petty dead? Monday afternoon, news outlets began reporting that the famous rock musician and frontman of Tom Petty…

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‘Deeply Unacceptable’ Las Vegas shooting Facebook post gets CBS VP Hayley Geftman-Gold fired

CBS fired Hayley Geftman-Gold, a vice president in the legal department with CBS (not CBS News), after her Facebook comments…

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Gateway Pundit IDs Wrong Las Vegas Shooter, Hits Delete

Conservative website Gateway Pundit claimed Geary Danley was the Las Vegas shooter who left more than 50 dead. Furthermore, this…

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Canadian govt secret revealed: Will gay Chechens seeking to leave Russia now pay the price?

If it was a Canadian government secret, it's no longer secret now, thanks to the Globe & Mail. Will gay…

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Corrections: Kim Jong Un not South Korea Leader, AP didn’t overhear Lindsey Graham on phone call with Senator

And it's time for our latest installment of entertaining or newsworthy corrections, beginning with which country Kim Jong Un leads.…

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