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Bribery Re-Trial for Andy Coulson, Clive Goodman, Accused of Pay-Offs to Police for Info on Royals

Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman will be re-tried for two counts of bribery related to the phone hacking scandal in…

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Dismissed! George Zimmerman libel lawsuit against NBC fizzles

George Zimmerman's libel lawsuit against NBC has been dismissed. Zimmerman sued NBC for libel in 2012 for doctoring his 911…

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NPR Reports Hundreds of Children Buried in Irish Septic Tank, Posts Correction

Gore creates clicks; never mind if it's not fact checked. Hundreds of children were not discovered buried in a mass…

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‘Mistakes Happen,’ How Fake Quotes About Women Having Small Brains Got Published

In another cautionary tale about not checking facts, last month, the Frederick News-Post in Maryland admitted that it published fake…

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Toronto Star Needs Newsroom Diversity

The Toronto Star needs to do more to include diversity in its newspaper, public editor Kathy English wrote earlier this…

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Google NOT building pool in East River, Wash Post Unpublished ‘flawed’ story

The Washington Post unpublished an article saying Google was building a pool in New York City's East River. The Post…

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Irish children in septic tank mass graves? AP issues mass correction

The Associated Press issued a large correction to stories earlier this month that claimed Irish children staying in a Catholic…

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Look-a-Like Brazilian Soccer Coach Gave World Cup Interview, 2 Newspapers correct, apologize

Brazilian journalist Mario Sergio Conti was duped by a look-a-like soccer coach into publishing fake quotes. Conti published an interview…

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Irish Independent plagiarized Irish Times story

The Irish Independent plagiarized an Irish Times' article, iMediaEthics discovered.  Almost all of the Independent's report is taken word-for-word from…

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Gawker Reviewing ‘Aggregation’ policies after ‘Similarities’ to Miami New Times article

Gawker suspended writer Jay Hathaway for a week after a reader pointed out "several similarities" in his June 20 article…

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