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UK Police Arrest Tweeter After Naming Alleged Child Sex Assault Victim

UK police arrested someone for identifying an alleged sexual offense victim in a tweet, the Guardian reported. In this case, the…

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Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Tale Lost in Translation? Daily Currant’s Satire Story Duped Breitbart.com

Breitbart.com unpublished a story after being hoaxed by a satire site's story that had claimed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman…

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Florida A & M Student Named In Hazing Death Sues Student Paper, TV News For Libel

A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets -- Florida A & M University's…

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Vanity Fair no longer ‘surprised’ Jessica Chastain ‘hailed’ for Zero Dark Thirty acting, unpublishes critique

Vanity Fair unpublished a blogpost critical of actress Jessica Chastain because "it ran counter to what a number of people…

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3 Reasons Not to Trust the UK Daily Mail’s Reporting on Severed Head Photo

iMediaEthics' coverage of the NY Daily News's "exclusive" photo of Bashid Mclean,  who was photographed holding the severed head of…

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Irish Daily Mail Opinion Column Led to ‘Landmark’ Libel Case

In what is being called a "landmark case," the Irish Daily Mail must pay Denis O'Brien, who controls Irish media…

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Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide

UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve said anyone posting photos of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson could be charged with contempt…

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PCC rules on Local Newspaper Secret Recording: ‘Initial decision to engage in subterfuge’ NOT justified

The UK Press Complaints Commission ruled that the Kent and Sussex Courier, a local newspaper in Tunbridge Wells, UK, shouldn't…

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Two Misleading Polls on the Sequester

Two recent polls come to contradictory conclusions about the public’s willingness to accept spending cuts imposed by the sequestration that…

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Did Daily Mail, NY Post, Huff Post Steal NY Daily News Severed Head Photo?!

The New York Daily News scored a coup with its "exclusive" photo of Bashid Mclean holding the severed head of…

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