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TSA didn’t find marijuana on Cleveland Browns’ Josh Gordon, Scout.com retracts

Male-focused news site Scout.com retracted a story that wrongly claimed TSA agents stopped and searched National Football League player Josh Gordon last…

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The Verge fires editor who secretly got job at Apple

A Verge deputy editor, Chris Ziegler, was secretly working for Apple almost the entire summer without disclosing it to his editors.…

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Jo Cox Attacker ‘Brexit Nut’ OK to say, IPSO rules

More than 300 people complained to the UK press regulator after the Daily Star called the person who killed Parliament member…

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No, Hundreds of Syrians haven’t been arrested for rape & child abuse

The UK Daily Star , a tabloid, wrongly reported that "hundreds of Syrians [were] arrested in the UK for rape and…

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Fox News Memo reminds: Online polls ‘just for fun,’ not scientific

Fox News reminded staff that online polls are "just for fun" and that it should only cite scientific polls. Earlier…

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Portland’s KGW, reporter Chris Willis apologize for offensive comments in Magid interview

Portland, Oregon reporter Chris Willis, who works for NBC-affiliate KGW (Channel 8), and his boss, executive news director Rick Jacobs,…

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Ahmed Mohamed aka ‘Clock Boy’ & Father Suing over Media Coverage claiming ‘Hoax Bomb’ or Stunt

Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas "clock boy" who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school to show his teachers, is…

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Mohamed Fawzy suing Al Jazeera for Gross Negligence

Former Al Jazeera cameraman Mohamed Fawzy is suing the network for gross negligence for putting him in a position where he…

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Low trust in the Media? Not so fast!

A Gallup poll story earlier this month had the headline, “Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low.” The…

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Australia’s Good Weekend Magazine named Interviewee it promised anonymity, apologizes

An Australian magazine promised a convicted murderer anonymity for an article about him, but slipped up and named him in its story…

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