Mediagazer: Fox News admits ‘a breakdown’ on Shirley Sherrod story (Keach Hagey/The Politico)

2:15 PM ET, July 29, 2010

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Keach Hagey / The Politico:

Fox News admits ‘a breakdown’ on Shirley Sherrod story — Fox News, always a lightning rod of liberal criticism, came under particularly strong attack from former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on Sunday, when he accused the network of committing an “absolutely racist” …

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Roger Simon / The Politico:

Journolist veers out of bounds — This may be the most embarrassing thing I have ever written — and looking back on my writing, there is a lot of competition for that dubious distinction — but when I became a reporter, it was almost a holy calling. — We really believed we were doing good.

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:

The New York Post's Newsroom: On Edge and Under Hot Water After Correction Boils Over — We received a tip earlier this afternoon: “heads might roll” by the end of the day at the New York Post's Metro desk, as they're in crisis mode after a humiliating correction was published this morning in the paper.

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