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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
In Praise of Fact-Checkers — In the wake of Niall Ferguson's dishonesty, Dylan Byers decided to contact Newsweek to see what controls the magazine had in place to prevent authors from lying to them. As it turns out, none: “We, like other news organisations today, rely on our writers …
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Poynter, Politico, CJR and The Daily Beast
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Paul Krugman:
Kinds Of Wrong — Looking at the comments on my Niall Ferguson takedown (see Ezra Klein, Matthew O'Brien, James Fallows, and Noah Smith for more), I found my memory jogged about a point I've been meaning to make about the nature of error in economics. It seems to me that when readers declare …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Niall Ferguson: ‘Credibility’ not undermined — Niall Ferguson went on Bloomberg TV this morning to defend himself against the tropical depression of criticism that met his recent Newsweek cover story about President Obama. — Accusing the “liberal blogosphere” of “nit-picking,” …
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The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, Noahpinion, Guardian and New York Magazine
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York:
Is Tina Brown serious about Newsweek anymore? — Yesterday, my colleague Joe Pompeo called up Newsweek to ask whether the company was planning to issue any corrections or clarifications of Niall Ferguson's cover story, “Hit the Road Barack,” in which countless manipulations and outright misrepresentations …
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The Daily Beast and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Niall Ferguson ducks, nitpicks, vilifies
Niall Ferguson ducks, nitpicks, vilifies
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The Daily Beast, Capital New York, The Maddow Blog, @evgenymorozov, @jonathanshainin and The Atlantic Online
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Newsweek: Niall Ferguson story ‘opinion’
Newsweek: Niall Ferguson story ‘opinion’
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The Big Picture, The Huffington Post, The Week, The New Yorker Blog, Business Insider and The Daily Dish
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
After Tony Scott error, will news orgs now think twice about following ABC News scoops? — Earlier today ABC News reported that Diana Nyad was pulled from the water during her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. After a Poynter colleague tweeted the story, she received a DM from another journalist.
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ABCNEWS, Mother Jones and The Huffington Post
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Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter:
ABC News wants to talk to Tony Scott's family before deciding about retraction
ABC News wants to talk to Tony Scott's family before deciding about retraction
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The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and Slate
Brooks Barnes / Media Decoder:
ABC News Stumbles in Report on Tony Scott's Suicide
ABC News Stumbles in Report on Tony Scott's Suicide
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Business Insider, Telegraph, Deadline.com, Poynter, TMZ.com, ABCNEWS, newsfeed.time.com, TVNewser, Inside Movies, People.com and Pressing Issues
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Huffington Post, Newsweek use coat-hanger imagery for GOP platform — On Tuesday the Republican Party approved a plank to its convention platform opposing abortion in all cases. — Newsweek acknowledged Huffington Post's homepage — “Whoa there, Huffington Post!” — on its Tumblr.
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Rob Delaney, CNN, Politico, Mashable! and Erik Wemple
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Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
‘Newsweek’ Tumblr Adds to Publication's Woes — As if Newsweek needed another headache this week. — Already mired in a controversy over this week's Niall Ferguson cover story, Newsweek is receiving even more backlash this afternoon over a decision on the magazine's Tumblr account.
Ann DeMatteo / New Haven Register:
Journalist Fareed Zakaria resigns from Yale Corporation (document) — NEW HAVEN — The plagiarism scandal connected to a nationally known journalist has hit home. Fareed Zakaria, an editor-at-large at Time magazine and CNN host, on Monday resigned from the Yale Corporation.
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JIMROMENESKO.COM
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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Plagiarism, defamation and the power of hyperlinks
Plagiarism, defamation and the power of hyperlinks
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Reuters, Gatekeeper and Media Decoder, Thanks:@mikeyavo
Reuters:
Exclusive: Barry Diller's IAC offers $300 million for About.com — (Reuters) - Barry Diller's IAC/Interactivecorp submitted an offer in excess of $300 million to buy the About.com information website from the New York Times Co, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
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Deadline.com, New York Magazine and CNET
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: Gannett Has Bought Social Media Ad Company BLiNQ — As we first reported the other day, the social media advertising company BLiNQ is getting bought by Gannett, owner of USA Today, a number of local newspapers, and broadcasters. The news was formally announced today.
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MediaPost, Adweek, VentureBeat, Digital Media Wire, Gannett Blog and GigaOM
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Jimmy Kimmel to Move to 11:30 in January, ABC Announces — Jimmy Kimmel will jump to the big stage in late-night television in January, moving to 11:35 p.m. where he will take on the two titans of that time slot, David Letterman and Jay Leno. — ABC announced the move Tuesday …
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Speakeasy, Radio & Television …, Mediaite, AdAge, FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable, ABCNEWS, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Splitsider and Poynter
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Barnes & Noble Q1 revenues up slightly, but Nook device sales fall — Barnes & Noble reported first quarter earnings for fiscal year 2013 on Tuesday morning. The bookstore chain's revenues were up slightly, to $1.45 billion, and in line with analyst estimates of $1.48 billion.
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Betabeat, New York Times, The Digital Reader, CNET, AllThingsD and AdAge
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Conde Nast Booms Overseas But Future is Unclear — Luca Dini, the editor in chief of Italian Vanity Fair, faces difficulties his peers in the U.S. would welcome. The Milan-based magazine has grown so much since launching as a newsweekly nearly 10 years ago that it's hard to imagine it getting any fatter …
Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
Head of ABC's ‘This Week’ Is Leaving to Join PepsiCo — ABC News will cover this presidential campaign without one of its veteran journalists. Jon Banner, executive producer of George Stephanopoulos's Sunday morning public affairs show “This Week,” will leave ABC News for a job at PepsiCo.
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TVNewser and Broadcasting & Cable
BBC:
Julian Assange row: Embassy entry ‘would be suicide for UK’ — President Rafael Correa said he thought there was still a threat of the UK entering the embassy — The UK would be committing diplomatic suicide if it tried to enter his country's embassy in London, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has said.
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Gawker, The Week and New York Times
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Kiran Randhawa / London Evening Standard:
Friend of Julian Assange names ‘sexual assault victim’ on live television
Friend of Julian Assange names ‘sexual assault victim’ on live television
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Telegraph
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Amazon Prime Instant Video Beefs Up Sports And Documentary Content, Adds ESPN's 30 For 30 Film Series — Amazon continues to ramp up the content in its Amazon Prime film catalog to draw users to the premium service, with the latest licensing acquisition expanding its back catalog of sports and documentary content.
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Forbes, PC Magazine, Business Wire, VatorNews, The Next Web and Home Media Magazine
Brian Stelter / The Caucus:
Akin's No-Show on ‘Piers Morgan’ is Boon for Program — When Representative Todd Akin abruptly cancelled an interview with Piers Morgan on Monday night, Mr. Morgan trotted out an empty chair instead. — The scene, irresistible to political insiders, played out in prime time on CNN on Monday night …
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Poynter, New York Times, The Huffington Post, CNN, Hillman Foundation blogs, Yahoo! News, Media Decoder and The Week
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Andrew Phelps / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Inside the Star Chamber: How PolitiFact tries to find truth in a world of make-believe — WASHINGTON — PolitiFact's “Star Chamber” is like Air Force One: It's not an actual room, just the name of wherever Bill Adair happens to be sitting when it's time to break out the Truth-O-Meter and pass judgment on the words of politicians.
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American Journalism Review
Richard Wilson / Press Gazette:
Death toll of journalists in Syria rises to 15 this year — Syria has been labelled “the most dangerous place in the world” for journalists after Japanese reporter Mika Yamamota was killed amid fighting in Aleppo. — Yamamoto, 45, was an experienced war reporter who had covered conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq for Japan Press.
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Miwa Suzuki / Agence France Presse:
Japanese reporter killed in Syria: Japan govt
Japanese reporter killed in Syria: Japan govt
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Committee to Protect … and The Atlantic Wire