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‘Ask iMediaEthics’ Column Launched: High Beam takes down article after iMediaEthics inquiry, Reader’s complaint resolved

This is the first in a new series from iMediaEthics called Ask iMediaEthics. iMediaEthics will feature interesting case studies in…

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Sorry for Oscars C-Word Tweet about Quvenzhane Wallis, The Onion’s CEO Says

Satire site The Onion apologized today for its "senseless, humorless comment" about Quvenzhane Wallis, who was a nominee for last…

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Fake Interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Published by Falkland Islands’ Only Newspaper

Falkland Islands newspaper the Penguin News made up an interview with Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, the Knight Center for…

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Why WashPost Didn’t Use Pic of Teen Athletes in ‘Native American Warrior Garb’

The Washington Post's outgoing ombudsman Patrick Pexton addressed two different cases of how the newspaper has sensitively handled reporting on Native…

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Derren Brown Calls the UK Sun’s Story He’s Turning Gay Man Straight ‘Rubbish’

British television illusionist Derren Brown has denied a newspaper's report that he will turn a straight man gay on live…

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IDing Sex Assault Victim ‘Alarming’ says PCC, Daily Mirror Fined

The UK Daily Mirror was fined £1,200 after breaking the UK Sexual Offences Act 1992 with its 2011 story naming…

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Scottish Rape Victim Photo ID Posted in Thai Newspaper, Deleted after Criticism

Bangkok, Thailand newspaper the Daily News named and photographed a victim of gang rape, but later took down the identifying…

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Editor regrets ‘Overwhelmingly White’ T magazine, says NYT Public Editor?

The New York Times plans to include more diversity in its future issues of T: The Times Style Magazine, the…

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UK Telegraph Scrubs Details about Student’s Suicide After PCC complaint

The UK Telegraph removed information from its online version of a story about a suicide after a suicide prevention group filed…

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The Last Boston Globe Ombudsman was not fired, Got that?

iMediaEthics wrote earlier this month about Washingtonian's reporting that the end of the Washington Post's ombudsman's office might be near. …

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