Mediagazer: Iran jury finds Reuters guilty over video script, pending judge's ruling -Press TV (Reuters)

11:40 PM ET, September 30, 2012

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Reuters:

Iran jury finds Reuters guilty over video script, pending judge's ruling -Press TV — (Reuters) - An Iranian jury voted on Sunday to convict the Reuters news organisation over a video script that contained an error, Iran's Press TV reported. The final decision will be made by a judge, who is expected to issue his verdict next month.

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BusinessWeek:

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Poll Averages Have No History of Consistent Partisan Bias — Presidential elections are high-stakes affairs. So perhaps it is no surprise that when supporters of one candidate do not like the message they are hearing from the polls they tend to blame the messenger.