Fox News 50-Word Rip-Off was ‘Reporting Error,’ Unpublishes Whole Story for Plagiarism
Fox News claimed that plagiarizing two sentences -- or 50 words -- from a Politico story on the sequestration was…
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Was Daily Mail Hoaxed by Fake Bashid Mclean Twitter Account?
Was the UK Daily Mail hoaxed by a fake Twitter account purporting to be Bashid Mclean, the New York man…
More Deception? Another Jonah Lehrer Book Pulped By Publisher
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‘Ugly’ Sorority Members? Rutgers Satire Newspaper Admits to ‘Cruel, Debasing Manner’
Rutgers University "satirical fake news" paper The Medium apologized Feb. 27 for an article "written in a cruel, debasing manner that…
Was BusinessWeek Cover Racist? Editor-in-Chief Says ‘We’d do it differently ‘ if given second chance
After criticism that its Feb. 25 cover image was "stereotypical," racist and offensive, Bloomberg Businessweek editor-in-chief Josh Tyrangiel told Yahoo…
Who Gave Bashid Mclean’s Mom’s Severed Head Pic to NYPost, NYDaily News? NYPD Says Not Them
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Anonymous sources cited for Clive Davis ‘fact checking’ of Kelly Clarkson? Really?
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Why Transcripts Might Not Match NPR Programs, Ombudsman Explains
Ever wonder why a National Public Radio transcript might not match what you heard on a program? NPR ombudsman Edward…