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Reuters Hacked Again, Unpublishes Fake Story Claiming Saudi Arabian Politician Died

Reuters' blogging website was hacked again and a fake death story was posted, Agence France-Presse reported. The fake story claimed…

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Ecuador: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Can Have Asylum

Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino announced August 16 it would give Julian Assange asylum "because of the fears expressed by…

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CNN Admits ‘Mistake’ in Airing Punjab Map with Nikki Haley Segment

CNN said it was "a mistake" to show "a map of India's Punjab province" in a report on South Carolina…

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Art Expert Can Sue New Yorker for Libel, Judge Says

"Forensic art expert" Peter Biro can sue the New Yorker over a 2010 profile on him, the New York Times…

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New Type of Media Ethics is Activism, Stephen J A Ward Suggests

The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism & Mass Communication's Stephen J.A. Ward suggested…

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New AP Style Guide for Reporting on the 2012 U.S. Elections

The Associated Press released a new guide for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, advising journalists on standards, definitions and more,…

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Heat Mag Broke Accuracy Code with Fazer Story, PCC Says

The UK Press Complaints Commission found that UK magazine Heat broke the PCC code with its story  "Fazer told me…

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Clyde Prestowitz Apologizes for Fareed Zakaria Claims, Issues Statement

Clyde Prestowitz has retracted and apologized for his claims that Fareed Zakaria's book The Post-American World didn't credit him for…

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Appeals Court: Tennessee TV News Didn’t Defame, but Maybe Showed Judge in False Light

Last year, we highlighted a Tennessee judge's libel lawsuit against Nashville TV news WTVF over reports the judge, Daniel B.…

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Fareed Zakaria: Accusation of Quote-Lifting ‘Totally Bogus’

Fareed Zakaria has been accused of lifting a quote for his 2008 book The Post-American World from a 2005 book by Clyde…

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