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Editors don’t have to fact check Letters to Editor, UK press regulator says

News outlets don't have to fact check "every fact" in a letter to the editor, the UK press regulator the…

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Australian Courier-Mail wrong, misleading & unfair with story on Thai restaurant’s price increases

A Courier-Mail reporter had dinner at the restaurant Thai Terrace Rosalie and reported that the restaurant told customers it raised…

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Why San Diego Union-Tribune named woman suing former boss for sexual harassment

Should the San Diego Union-Tribune have named a woman suing her former employer for sexual harassment? The newspaper did print…

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Michael Cohen’s Phone Being Wiretapped? NBC News said so, then corrected

NBC News' released a bombshell story this afternoon -- the phone calls of Pres. Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen…

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Stanford Daily retracts article based on off-the-record event

The Stanford Daily, Stanford University's college newspaper, published an article on April 27 that is now says was based on an off-the-record…

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BBC Interview with Climate Change Doubter was ‘Failure’

The BBC's Today program interviewed Lord Lawson, a climate change "doubter", about climate change last August. That interview was subject…

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Don’t name Sex Crime Victims, Indian Press Council reminds

Many Indian news outlets identified the 8-year-old victim of a gang rape and murder.  Because of that, the Press Council…

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What went wrong with Bloomberg’s Trump, Russia flight records story?

Bloomberg's report that flight records showed Pres. Donald Trump had stayed overnight in Russia during his 2013 trip for the…

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Phoenix Anchor Kari Lake Said Teacher Strike was ‘Push to Legalize Pot,’ Issues On-Air apology

Kari Lake, an anchor for Phoenix, Arizona Fox-affiliate KSAZ tweeted that teachers were striking as part of "a push to…

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60 Minutes Defends Showing Lynchings Photos

The CBS news program 60 Minutes showed, the network admitted,  "upsetting" graphic photographs of lynchings in a recent segment on a memorial…

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