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iMediaEthics’ polling director wins 2nd EPPY

iMediaEthics is pleased to announce that Editor & Publisher awarded our polling director David Moore with the Best News/Political Blog…

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UK Sun reporter Anthony France’s conviction for paying police overturned

Anthony France, the UK Sun reporter who was convicted for paying public officials and police officers, is free. He successfully…

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Toronto Star Explains When it IDs Race in Stories

The Toronto Star normally doesn't identify the "race, colour or religion" of a person "unless it is pertinent to the…

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Kim Kardashian Settles Paris Robbery Libel Lawsuit against Media Take Out

Kim Kardashian West settled her libel lawsuit against gossip website Media Take Out, after it claimed she faked her Paris…

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New UK press regulator IMPRESS gets OK from Press Recognition Panel

There's officially another press regulator in the UK, called IMPRESS. The Press Recognition Panel, which was established a few years…

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A Rape on Campus: First Libel Lawsuit against Rolling Stone underway

The first libel trial against Rolling Stone and reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely for the reporting "A Rape on Campus" is…

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Fatima Manji: IPSO Ruling Gave ‘Green Light’ for ‘Open Season on Minorities’

Fatima Manji, the UK Channel 4 host, called it "frightening" that the UK press regulator the Independent Press Standards Organisation…

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Raleigh News & Observer lost libel lawsuit, must pay $1.5 million in damages to SBI’s Beth Desmond, $7.5 million punitive

The Raleigh News & Observer newspaper libeled a state firearms investigator Beth Desmond back in 2010, a local jury determined…

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News UK Fires Mazher Mahmood, the Fake Sheikh, after 15 month prison sentence

News UK fired its undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, known as the fake sheikh, after he was sentenced to 15 months…

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John Malkovich wins Libel Lawsuit against Le Monde for Swiss Leaks, secret bank account story

French newspaper Le Monde must pay about $15,000 U.S. to actor John Malkovich after a French court ruled the newspaper's report…

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