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Facebook's fake news, Paxman baffled by boycott, ITN job cuts

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking during an event at the Facebook headquarters on 02 November 2016.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking during an event at the Facebook headquarters on 02 November 2016. Photograph: Peter Dasilva/EPA

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Hillary Clinton signs an autograph on a Newsweek ‘Madam President’ magazine
Hillary Clinton signs an autograph on a Newsweek ‘Madam President’ magazine Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In a slip-up that had editors around the world muttering “there but for the grace of God” and presumably a fair few US news stands wondering if election night had been a dream, Newsweek had to recall 125,000 copies celebrating Hilary Clinton as the US’s first female president.

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