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OK to identify 17-year-old who made Facebook threats

It wasn't an invasion of privacy for the Daily Star to identify a 17-year-old who threatened on Facebook to kill…

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IGN deleting fired editor’s video game reviews after more plagiarism claims

Gaming website IGN is deleting additional reviews from former Nintendo editor Filip Miucin after finding more alleged plagiarism in his…

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NYT Admits Los Angeles travel article ‘offensive’

Last month, an article in the New York Times'  Travel section, headlined "Finding Yourself in Los Angeles," upset many readers. The…

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Fox News’ Aretha Franklin Report used pic of Patti LaBelle

Fox News used a photo of Patti LaBelle in its video report on Aretha Franklin's death. Fox News provided iMediaEthics…

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NPR freelancer recycled interview clips, loses her job

National Public Radio revealed that its freelance reporter Danielle Karson recycled interviews without disclosure "in at least 30 reports" since 2011.…

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OK to post picture of murder convict with child

It wasn't an invasion of privacy for the tabloid Sunday Life to include a photograph of a child whose face…

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Bust magazine admits plagiarism, pays writer whose work was lifted

Bust magazine has admitted that it "unintentionally published plagiarism." An article on teenage shoplifters in the magazine's August/September print issue "plagiarized…

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Tinder sex injury story used photo of wrong woman

The Australian website NowToLove used a photograph of a random woman to illustrate a story about a different woman who…

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Australian newspaper broke suicide reporting guidelines

Australian newspaper the Geelong Advertiser broke guidelines for reporting on suicide with its April 2017 news report on a man…

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Video Game Review Plagiarism: IGN fires Nintendo Editor over Dead Cells Review

IGN, which bills itself as "the leading Internet media company focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets," fired…

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