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AP, Reuters Skip GOP Debate Over Photo Access

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:43:10 CDT

If the GOP held a presidential debate and barely anyone attended, would it still be a debate? The AP and Reuters are the latest to duck out of tonight's South Carolina debate, Politico reports. A number of prospective candidates, including Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mitch Daniels, and Mike...

Reuters Publishes Grisly Photos of Osama Raid

John Johnson — Thu, 05 May 2011 04:54:00 CDT

Reuters has released a series of photos it says were taken in the aftermath of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Among them are gruesome images of three dead men, though not of bin Laden. The news agency says it bought them from a Pakistani security official who entered...

Who Gets Helen Thomas' Front-Row Seat?

M. Morris — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:30:00 CDT

Fox News and Bloomberg have already called dibs on the front-row seat in the White House briefing room held for decades by Helen Thomas, but will either one get it? The White House Correspondents Association will make the call, and Thomas, who retired in disgrace today , isn't talking. Pretty much...

New York Times Reporter Caught Plagiarizing

Kevin Spak — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:41:29 CST

A New York Times business reporter has been caught cribbing text directly from the Wall Street Journal and other sources, the Times sheepishly admitted in an editor’s note today. The Times says the Journal alerted them to uncanny similarities between a Journal article published Feb. 5, and a Times DealBook...

Reuters Kills Budget Story on WH Complaints

Jane Yager — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:28:00 CST

Reuters pulled an article suggesting President Obama's budget blueprint included backdoor tax increases last night after the news agency received complaints from the White House. The Reuters story was "falsely stating that the president's budget raises taxes for middle-class families, when in fact the opposite is true," a White House...

Vatican Blasts Attacks on Christians

Michael Foreman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:09:36 CDT

The Vatican warned against the spread of "Christianophobia" today following attacks in India that left 13 Christians dead, Reuters reports. Thousands fled their homes this week as mobs rioted in retaliation for the murder of a Hindu leader. The Pope condemned the violence, and Italy's foreign ministry will demand India...

Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

Nick McMaster — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:53:08 CDT

Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month.

Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

Heather McPherson — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:54:18 CDT

Reuters was caught in another photo pas today, when it revealed pics used in a report on Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last week were actually lifted frames from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic . An image captioned with descriptions of Russian submersibles on an Arctic seabed was actually a still...

Dow Jones Warms to Murdoch Offer

Peter Fearon — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:06:48 CDT

The family that controls Dow Jones, after initially rebuffing a $5-billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch, has decided to consider selling after all. In a stunning about-face, the Bancroft family announced last night it had "reached consensus that the mission of Dow Jones may be better accomplished in combination or...