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Did FBI unfairly target & offer bribe to Bradley Manning activist for WikiLeaks Info?

With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, David House is suing the U.S. government because Department of Homeland…

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Schwarzenegger Affair: Media Ethics Debate on Privacy, Naming Woman, Pics

After news broke that former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver were separating because he had a…

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BBC’s Checklist for Checking Info off Social Media Sites

Social media sites can be a good way to promote and spread news, but they are also rife with fake…

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Do Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest Make Matters Worse?

Media Bistro reported on an economics study that argues that disclosure of conflict of interest doesn't fix the conflict of…

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Did ABC News Trivialize Charges against IMF Head?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the International Monetary Fund chief accused of forcing a hotel housekeeper into anal and oral sex and…

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NYT Criticized for not Crediting Social Media, not Linking outside of NYT

Reuters' Felix Salmon criticized two recent columns from the New York Times for ignoring social media's impact on the May 1 developing Osama…

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Web Sites Refuse To Take Down Fake Photo of Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal may sue over what he says is a fake photograph of him posing in his underwear,  ABC.net.au reported.  The photo shows…

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PCC Releases Annual Report, Director Interviewed for 1st Time Since ’09

The UK Press Complaints Commission released its annual report this week.  Between the report and the PCC's director giving his…

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ABC-TV 23 Meteorologist Fired after Protest of Stripper Story

A California meteorologist claims his firing last week was related to his objection to a story aired by the ABC…

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Georgia Gov. Bans Access to Local Fox Station, WAGA

Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia, a Republican, has banned access to Atlanta Fox-affiliate WAGA after the station ran "an unflattering story," MediaBistro reported.…

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