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Readers Complain over Globe & Mail Muslim Photo Headline

Readers complained about the Globe and Mail's front page photo of "an unsmiling woman in a niqab with the words…

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Center for Investigative Reporting: Transparency Key with Anonymous Sources

The "nonprofit investigative reporting organization" Center for Investigative Reporting detailed its policy largely against using anonymous sources in stories in…

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Plagiarize and be ‘Dismissed’ from School, Says Arizona State University ‘Integrity Policy’

This month, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press apologized for plagiarism by one of its reporters, Raquel Velasco,…

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Sunday Times to ‘Review’ Libel Settlement with Lance Armstrong?

The Sunday Times' libel settlement to Lance Armstrong may be in question, the Guardian reported. Armstrong received a libel settlement…

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‘The Disappearing Undecided Voter’ — Or Not!

With about nine weeks remaining in the presidential campaign, but…what?...a century or so since it’s been under way, are there any…

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Arizona State Press Fires Reporter Raquel Velasco After Plagiarism, Retracts Articles

As we wrote yesterday, Arizona newspaper the East Valley Tribune told readersthat it had unpublished  "several articles" by an Arizona…

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Fact Check: News Outlets Wrongly Report Christians Fleeing Pakistani Village of Christian Girl Koran Burning Case

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The Pakistani dwellers, Muslims and Christians of Mehra Jaffar village in the suburbs of Islamabad, are disgruntled about…

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Author Apologizes for Writing Positive Reviews about His Work, Writers Association to Create Ethics Code?

Crime novel author RJ Ellory admitted to writing positive Amazon reviews about his books, Gawker reported. As Gawker explained, "fellow…

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Arizona Newspaper Apologizes, Unpublishes after Plagiarism by Intern

The East Valley Tribune announced that it unpublished "several articles" by an unnamed intern who plagiarized.  According to the Tribune's…

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Canadian Call-In Program Broke Ethics Code with Homosexuality Comments

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that an Ontario TV "religious call-in program" broke the ethics code of the Canadian…

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