Media Group Awards Guttenplag Wiki Site for Catching Plagiarism
A German Wiki page called GuttenPlag Wiki crowdsourced plagiarism checking and revealed that former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg…
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Media Group Claims Censorship at South African Newspaper
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Egyptian Editorial Criticizes Anonymous Source Claim on Hosni Mubarak
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Should Journalists Name Juveniles in Crime Stories?
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