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Reuters Not Corrected Katie Couric MisTweet that Mubarak Resigned

CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric incorrectly tweeted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned, the New York Daily News reported.…

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Journalist Carmen Aristegui Fired After Reporting Mex Prez May Be Alcoholic, Rumor

Mexican radio journalist Carmen Aristegui was fired this week after she reportedly breached an ethics code, Fox News Latino reported.…

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Washington Post’s Anonymous Sources Criticized by Reader

Reader John Burpo of Springfield, Va. criticized the Washington Post's anonymous sources reliance in its Feb. 1 story on health care. In…

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AGAIN? LA Times Ran Wrong Photo of Composer John Barry, 1991, 2011

The Los Angeles Times readers' representative, Deirdre Edgar, reported that the LA Times corrected a mislabeled photo this month.  The…

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“Not Everyone Sad” about Minnesota News Council Closing

As iMediaEthics reported in late January, the Minnesota News Council -- one of two state news councils in the U.S. -- has…

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SF Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein On Lawsuit Against Student Newspaper Editor

The San Francisco Chronicle's Phil Bronstein blogged for the Huffington Post that the lawsuit of a California man against a…

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Doctored Photo Leads to Four Arrests

Four people have been arrested "in connection with the circulation on the Internet of manipulated pictures meant to disparage" Tanzanian…

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Fox News Map FAIL? Did Fox Confuse Iraq with Egypt When Photoshopping Middle East Map?

A 2009 image that throws into question whether Fox News knows where Egypt is located on a map has been recirculating the Internet…

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Former Soldier Anat Kamm Admitted Leaking Thousands of Secret Docs to Israeli Newspaper, Haaretz

Former Israeli soldier Anat Kamm admitted that she leaked "more than 2,000 documents" to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the BBC reported. The…

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Will NYT, Guardian Editors Still Back Assange If Wikileaks Sues For Libel?

The New York Times' executive editor Bill Keller and The Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger both commented during a Columbia University…

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