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Edmonton Journal deems headline “totally uncalled-for”

July 16, 2008 – 8:00 am

A headline on page A16 in Monday’s paper — “Carbon-capture plan reeks of dirty money” — was totally uncalled-for, and mis-characterized efforts by an Edmonton firm to finance and launch a carbon-capture-and-storage project. A subheadline on the same column unfairly implied that former premier Don Getty, in his capacity as one of the principals in [...]

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Apology

February 13, 2008 – 8:00 am

An apology from the Western Suburbs Weekly of Perth, Australia:
LAST week s Western View was about The Beauty of Africa Ball, which is a fundraising event to raise money to educate street children in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
The headline Ugly face of Africa on show was not supplied by guest columnist Casta Tungaraza but [...]

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