Bangkok Post Retracts Front-page Story, Faked Quotes from Former Prime Minister
Something fishy happened over at the Bangkok Post last week. The Thailand newspaper apparently published a fake story about the country's former…
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Libel Lawsuit against New Yorker Dismissed, Judge says Actual Malice Not Proven
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BuzzFeed Takes Down Graphic Photo of Murdered Woman
BuzzFeed published and later took down a graphic photo of a murdered woman. The photo was posted by her husband,…
UK Sun Mocks Barcelona Manager’s Throat Cancer
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Quinnipiac Poll Asks Misleading Stand your Ground Questions
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Bloomberg Axes Editor for Fabrice Tourre Verdict Error
John Pickering was fired as an editor for Bloomberg News after he got the verdict wrong in a headline for a…