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How did Howie Felterbush hoax 14 Gannett news outlets after Zimmerman verdict?

Who is the prankster that fooled more than a dozen Gannett-owned media properties this summer following the George Zimmerman verdict?…

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Toronto Star Columnist: Bicyclists ‘Should be Shot,’ Public Editor Says it’s Obviously Joke

Lots of readers complained to the Toronto Star public editor Kathy English after columnist Rosie DiManno wrote in an Oct.…

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Congressman Bill Young NOT Dead, Fox News Corrects On Air

Fox News' Gretchen Carlson wrongly reported on air that Rep. Bill Young died Oct. 17. Carlson said on air, in…

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Mail on Sunday Ran 2010 Miami Bank Robbery Photo with Kenyan Mall Attack Story

The Mail on Sunday used a photo from a 2010 bank robbery in Miami, Florida in its coverage of the…

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Houston Chronicle Didn’t Un-Endorse Ted Cruz, Updates Added to USA Today, WaPo, Forbes Stories

The Houston Chronicle called out media outlets that "inaccurately characterized our Wednesday editorial" on Sen. Ted Cruz.   The Chronicle…

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Photo Fail: Florida’s First Coast News Aired Wrong Photo in Car Crash Story, Retracts on air and online

Florida's First Coast News aired the wrong photo of a man involved in a car accident that killed a woman.…

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Pakistan’s Dawn wanted to ‘make fun of conspiracy theorists’ with Malala Satire Story

Last week, Iran's government-owned TV station Press TV was hoaxed by a satire story claiming that teenaged education advocate Malala…

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‘Urban Whore’ Blogpost: Scientific American Unpublished, Re-published, Biology-Online editor fired

Biology-Online fired an editor who blogged under the name "Ofek" for calling Scientific American blogger Danielle N. Lee an "urban…

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Fox News’ Anna Kooiman Corrects Muslim Museum Story,’We made bad mistake’

Fox News held true to its promise to make an on-air correction for wrongly reporting that President Obama was personally…

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UK Mail crashed Labour’s Ed Miliband uncle’s memorial, 2 Reporters Suspended

British politician Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK Labour Party, has been lobbing complaints at the Mail on Sunday…

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