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Corrections: USA Today copied and pasted from NYT, Carr fire not over 100K square miles

iMediaEthics' latest round of corrections and errors: 1. USA Today 'mistakenly' used NYT paragraph USA Today accidentally used a paragraph…

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Sydney Morning Herald published unverified anecdote

Fairfax Media, which publishes the Sydney Morning Herald, admitted it published an unverified story about then-Australian Broadcasting Corp. managing director…

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No one voluntarily used IPSO’s arbitration scheme, now it is compulsory

Readers upset about press coverage in many UK news outlets--and  feel they have legal grounds for a case--can now go…

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Photo of former Parliament member ‘nuzzling’ another woman invasion of privacy

A story in the UK Sun last November claimed that a former British Parliament member, Lembit Opik, was called a "rat"…

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Daily News sued by dancer for using pic with Sopranos club being shut down

The New York Daily News published a story about a New Jersey gentleman's club, Satin Dolls, being closed down for…

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Jewish Chronicle must correct after Holocaust denier claims

The London-based weekly Jewish Chronicle claimed a UK man named Mike Sivier was a Holocaust denier. But, Sivier says he doesn't deny…

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BBC quoted Sir David Attenborough but it was from Facebook fan page

The BBC misattributed quotes from a fan page to Sir David Attenborough in a June 23 radio broadcast. iMediaEthics found…

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CNN suspends commentator Paris Dennard, the Hill won’t publish during investigation

CNN suspended commentator Paris Dennard after the Washington Post revealed Dennard was fired from a previous job at Arizona State…

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Politico deletes Roy Cohn ‘decadent homosexual lifestyle’ AIDS death line

Politico reported that attorney Roy Cohn died from AIDS as a "result of the decadent homosexual lifestyle he denied to…

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The Public’s ‘Galling’ Views of the Media: Troubling, but overstated.

In a recent Washington Post article, Colbert King wrote that “the views of rank-and-file Republicans, captured in voter surveys, are…

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