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Toronto Star Undercover Reporting at Fiera Foods Plant was in Public Interest, Public Editor Says

It was in the public interest and "most certainly justified" for the Toronto Star to go undercover at Toronto industrial…

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WSJ, Getty unpublish fake photographs from phony conflict photographer

A fake conflict photographer using the name Eduardo Martins sold stolen photos to news outlets like Getty Images that ended…

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ESPN public editor responds to Jemele Hill tweets, ESPN says ‘not political organization’

ESPN public editor Jim Brady weighed in on the Jemele Hill tweets calling Donald Trump a white supremacist that stirred…

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Carter Page, former Trump adviser, suing over Huffington Post, Yahoo News articles

Carter Page, a former adviser to then presidential candidate Donald Trump, is suing Oath, the parent company of Yahoo News…

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New York Post unpublishes, corrects Kid Rock, Sharpton stories

The New York Post unpublished two stories about Kid Rock and Al Sharpton after finally admitting it had been duped…

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Naming the Freeman School Shooter: Why Spokane TV News Did

After a 15-year-old killed a classmate and shot and wounded several others at Freeman School on Sept. 13, the ABC-affiliate…

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Toronto Star on What Gets Correction

The Toronto Star started a weekly "trust initiative" in May to show "readers behind the scenes of our journalism." In early…

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Singapore News Site Claimed Malaysian Hospital Demanded Payment from Victim, Who Later Died

A Singapore news site, The Independent, claimed a Malaysian hospital demanded a Singaporean car accident victim pay before he was…

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ESPN: Jemele Hill tweets calling Donald Trump white supremacist ‘inappropriate’

Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter, called Pres. Donald Trump a white supremacist and a bigot on Twitter. In a…

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Rebel Wilson Gets Largest Australian Libel Payout, Judge says Bauer Media ‘Orchestrated’ Campaign against Pitch Perfect Actress

Australian actress Rebel Wilson will get the largest libel payout in Australian history, $4.5 million Australian (about $3.6 million U.S.).…

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