Iranian News Agency Claims Onion Report It Ran by Mistake Is Essentially True
Date: 01 October 2012
By Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey
Iran’s Fars News Agency admitted on Sunday that its report “Gallup Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama,” was copied entirely from The Onion, a satirical American publication the editors in Tehran mistook for a news source.
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From Abstract to News Release to Story, a Tilt to the ‘Front-Page Thought’
Date: 01 October 2012
By Andrew C. Revkin
Andrew Revkin
How scientists, journals and the media sometimes build spin around subtlety.
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In JPMorgan Suit, a Lack of New News
Date: 02 October 2012
By Peter J. Henning
Peter Henning
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York against JPMorgan Chase over flawed mortgage-backed securities contains little new information about Wall Street’s practices.
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Fashion News We’re Reading Now
Date: 01 October 2012
By The New York Times
Some of our style highlights today.
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When the View Is From Somewhere, Readers Ought to Know Where That Is
Date: 01 October 2012
By Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
When opinion appears in news pages, it needs to be labeled and displayed as just that.
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Police Official Accused of Leak to Tabloid Newspaper in British Phone Hacking Scandal
Date: 01 October 2012
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
The officer, Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, was charged with misconduct in public office and violating the Official Secrets Act.
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In Malaysia, Court Backs Right to Print a Newspaper
Date: 02 October 2012
By Liz Gooch
Liz Gooch
Although the Internet has remained relatively free in Malaysia, most major newspapers are either owned by the government or linked to it.
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Video Seems to Show American Journalist Being Held by Islamists in Syria
Date: 02 October 2012
By David D. Kirkpatrick
David
The video of the journalist Austin Tice was publicized by a Web site that supports President Bashar al-Assad, and its authenticity could not be confirmed.
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Today’s Scuttlebot: Debate Animations, and Apple’s Taiwanese Network
Date: 01 October 2012
By The New York Times
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Monday’s selection includes a lot of news being read on tablets in the morning and at night, a surge in the use of prefabricated mobile data centers and a study that says looking at pictures of cute baby animals can promote more careful work.
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We Won an Emmy — for Villainy!
Date: 02 October 2012
By THE STAFF
The magazine won an Emmy Award for news and documentary last night for our feature “Touch of Evil,” which was directed by Alex Prager.
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