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Unblurred Lines II
Read more: Unblurred Lines IIThe Daily Telegraph publishes Page 2 clarification based on my corrections request re: Crown Prosecution Service’s skewed statistics on rape Last month, I blogged about how the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) exaggerated the 2015-16 rape conviction rate. Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise…
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Faux News
Read more: Faux NewsFox News pundit Monica Crowley “incorrectly labeled the Bullsh**ter of the Day” – Salon publishes my corrections request re: snarky takedown column Via Salon’s “Bullsh**ter of the Day” column yesterday, staff writer Mireia Triguero Roura took aim at Fox News pundit Monica Crowley. The target of Roura’s ire was an October 5 tweet in which Crowley,…
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BBC News-bait
Read more: BBC News-baitBBC Newsbeat aimed “to provoke conversation” with tweet about Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of reality TV star Kim Kardashian Last week, BBC Newsbeat – the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 – tweeted the following apparently rhetorical question regarding Ukrainian “prankster” Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of US television personality Kim Kardashian: Newsbeat was roundly criticized for using “clickbait rhetorical…
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Unfurnished
Read more: UnfurnishedAward-winning reporter Tristin Hopper says The National Post geo-blocked his article about UK celebrity injunction after being contacted by internationally renowned law firm Fasken Martineau Last month, I blogged about efforts by David Furnish—husband of pop singer Elton John—to censor journalists and Internet users from reporting or discussing his alleged extra-marital affair with another married couple. Furnish…
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Unblurred Lines
Read more: Unblurred LinesThe Independent publishes my corrections request re: Crown Prosecution Service’s skewed statistics on rape convictions Last week, I blogged about the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) having exaggerated the 2015-16 rape conviction rate. Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise in the rape conviction rate…
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The Bitch is Back
Read more: The Bitch is BackCarter-Ruck Lawyers passes the baton to Schillings partners in Elton John three-way tabloid scandal, but where does that leave Internet users threatened with legal action? The juiciest celebrity news story of 2016 went unreported in the UK thanks to strong-arm legal tactics by David Furnish, husband of pop singer Elton John. As you didn’t read in the newspapers,…
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9GAG on This
Read more: 9GAG on ThisClickbait website 9GAG lifts automated content from popular social networking website Reddit For producers of “clickbait,” Reddit – the self-titled “front page of the Internet” and 27th most popular website in the world – is a treasure trove of copy-and-paste-friendly content. Without getting swamped by copyright issues, the reason clickbait websites such as 9GAG presume to…
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Oops, He Did It Again
Read more: Oops, He Did It AgainMore sockpuppetry by prominent Yale prof/author/columnist David L. Katz MD [UPDATED: Goodreads scrubbed his self-review] I co-authored this item with U.S. (Atlanta, GA) investigative reporter Peter M. Heimlich, who’s cross-posting it at his hard-hitting blog, The Sidebar. Peter first contacted me a couple months ago after I reblogged his September 30 item about Dr. David Katz…
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