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Austrian football team Like Hitler? Incest rapist Josef Fritz? Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet ‘unbelievably thoughtless’

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet apologized after one of its columnists compared a football [soccer] team to both Adolf Hitler and the…

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Random People Misidentified as WWI Private, Relative in Photo, Canadian Press issues Kill Notice,

The Toronto Star, the Canadian Press and The Veterans Affairs in Ottawa all wrongly identified a photo of a man…

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How Australian media used James Foley beheading images to save lives?

Earlier this week, terrorist group ISIS released a video showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley. How media covered…

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BuzzFeed Unpublishes approx. 5,000 posts unfit for ‘editorial standards’

BuzzFeed unpublished more than 4,900 posts in April, Gawker reported. While BuzzFeed didn't confirm the count to Gawker, Gawker compared…

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UK police officer & mom made $4K selling stories to the Sun, sentenced to jail

After selling two stories to the UK Sun, former police officer Thomas Ridgeway pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office…

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Dutch newspaper posts fake death story for soccer player Johan Cruyff

A Dutch newspaper wrongly reported that Johan Cruyff died, the Guardian reported. Cruyff is "Holland's most famous (and best) football…

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How Media Covered James Foley beheading: NYPost’s front page like death porn

The New York Post went too far this morning with its print edition's cover image showing freelance journalist James Foley…

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Do Reddit New ‘Pressiquette’ Guidelines for Journalists Undermine Fair Use?

Reddit has released new advice for journalists reporting on information found on Reddit that appears to undermine fair use in…

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Being Gay is ‘Weird Quirk’? Rooster’s Gavin McInnes on leave after offensive Thought Catalog article

After writing for Thought Catalog about transphobia, Gavin McInnes must take an "indefinite leave of absence" from his job as…

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Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson’s Home aired on TV, KSDK Apologizes for ‘Mistake’

St. Louis NBC-affiliate news KSDK identified Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson's home in an on-air broadcast Aug. 16. Wilson's…

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