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Fmr Bild Journalist Bought German Actor Otti Fischer’s Sex Video, Acquitted of Coercion Charges

A journalist who paid for a sex video showing a top German actor in bed with two prostitutes has been…

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The New Republic Tweets Fake Photo of Obama Skeet Shooting?

The New Republic tweeted a fake photo purporting to show President Obama skeet shooting, the Weekly Standard reported. The Weekly…

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Washington Post Suspends Another Reporter over Plagiarism? William Booth makes 6th Plagiarism/Attribution Case in 2 Years at WaPo?

After learning its Jan. 12 story on the Panama Canal contained plagiarism, The Washington Post apologized and reportedly suspended the…

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iMediaEthics Fifth Annual Top Ten ‘Dubious Polling’ Awards, 2013

Veteran pollster and author David W. Moore presents the 2013 Fifth Annual Top Ten “Dubious Polling” Awards. Designed as a…

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UK Times’ Netanyahu Cartoon Prompts 100+ Complaints, Murdoch Apology, Accusations of Blood Libel

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and the Times' editor apologized after criticism of the UK Sunday Times' Jan. 27 cartoon…

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Won 2 Pulitzers, Philadelphia Inquirer editor gives N.N. Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics at Penn State

Penn State University is holding a journalism ethics lecture "Ethics in Journalism: In Theory, In Practice" next month, according to…

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Radio Host Duped by the Onion’s Fake Photo of Drones at Inauguration

KFAI's Andy Driscoll posted on his Facebook page Jan. 22 a fake photo that showed what appeared to be three…

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Woman NOT Wanted to Make Neanderthal Clone Baby, Misquoted Harvard Prof George Church

Harvard University genetics professor George M. Church says media reports have fabricated quotes attributed to him.   The sensational quotes and…

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Venezuela to Sue El Pais over Fake Photo of Hugo Chavez?

Will El Pais' fake photo of Hugo Chavez end in two lawsuits? As iMediaEthics wrote yesterday, El Pais, a Spanish…

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World’s Longest Correction in TIME Magazine? No, but at 560 words it’s whopper

Time made a ton of changes and added one whopper of a correction at the bottom of its Jan. 8…

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