An article on Saturday about the book “The Other Side of Desire: Four Journeys Into the Far Realms of Lust and Longing,†by Daniel Bergner, referred incorrectly to an enterprise of a woman known as the Baroness who is interviewed in the book. While she hosts what she describes as New York’s longest-running fetish party, [...]
From TVNewser (pic is theirs as well): A few tipsters noted the error last night in the Nightly News segment about author James Brady (a picture of the former press secretary was used). Minutes later, Brian Williams said: “Quick note here. As you might have noted last segment we briefly showed the wrong photo when [...]
The McCarthy family have asked us to clarify that Mrs McCarthy has not died, but remains seriously ill in hospital. Report an error
A page-one article Wednesday about Little Rock, Ark.’s namesake rock was accompanied in some editions by a picture of a man named Andre Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd wasn’t mentioned in the article. Link Report an error
In our briefing on the global car industry (“The big chill”, January 17th 2009) we reported that Rolls-Royce sold no vehicles in America in December 2008. Rolls-Royce has since told The Economist it has sold “more than 70 cars”, and Autodata, a market-research firm, says Rolls-Royce sold 31 cars that month. Link Report an error
A story in Wednesday’s paper contained a quote attributed to Evanston police commander Tom Guenther that was taken out of context. Report an error
Soccer story clarified: A story in Thursday’s Sports section said Jesuit midfielder Patrick Mullins always wanted to stick it to Brother Martin. In fact, after being asked whether Wednesday’s game was the kind he dreamed of, Mullins said: “Yeah, it was great. I couldn’t ask for more. We really wanted to show what we were [...]
A story on residential schools payments that appeared in yesterday’s National Post, and was provided by the Canwest News Service, incorrectly attributed quotes to Brenda Reynolds. All of the quotes attributed to Ms. Reynolds, regarding deaths in British Columbia and recipients’ reactions to the payments, were made by Sharon Thira of the Indian Residential Schools [...]
An article on Saturday about Sam Adams, the mayor of Portland, who is under fire after admitting that in 2005 he had a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old intern, included a quotation from Christopher Stowell, the artistic director for the Oregon Ballet Theater, who attended a rally in support of the mayor. Mr. Stowell said [...]
In some editions yesterday, a headline referred to a tuition management company that filed for bankruptcy as a “collection firm.” Tuition Program Inc. is not a collection agency. Report an error
Motion sickness: An article on seasickness in Sunday’s Travel section misquoted Dr. John Bradberry, medical director for Carnival Cruise Lines, as saying passengers who are susceptible to seasickness should book a cabin near the middle of the ship and below the waterline. He said such passengers should book a cabin in the middle of the [...]
Correction On Jnuary 20 we published a story headed “Sheikh overturns tribunal decision”, referring to an appeal decision involving Sheikh Maher al-Tajir. We have been asked to point out that it was Lady Smith, sitting with two lay members, who overturned the decision of the employment tribunal. We did not intend to suggest that the [...]
The name of the histopathologist Professor William Robertson, who died in April last year, was accidentally included in our Birthday list for 17 January, page 47. Apologies to his family. Link Report an error
In a report headlined Casualties: Findus and Land of Leather join list of firms in crisis (13 January, page 4), we said that ScS Upholstery had gone bust. We would like to clarify that although ScS Upholstery was placed in administration in July 2008 the business was acquired by Sun European Partners and continues to [...]
An article on Sunday’s front page about a fatal shooting Friday night in Liberty City erroneously said Brandon Mills, one of the two teens killed, had been arrested in 2006. The arrest record belonged to another Brandon Mills, who was not involved in Friday’s incident. In the same article, the name of Miami Fire Department [...]
In the January 2009 issue of The Washingtonian, we stated that Mr. Thomas J. Donohue sold shares of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. in 2008. The Washingtonian retracts those statements. They were not accurate. We regret those errors and any false impressions that those statements may have caused. In that same issue of The Washingtonian, we [...]
In a report that aired on Nightly News on Wednesday January 21, we reported that “Power Bars” were among the types of peanut-containing food stuffs that had been recalled because of possible Salmonella contamination. The report should have said “energy bars.” Power Bar is a copyrighted brand and to the best of our knowledge no [...]
A listing on Jan. 11 about 44 Places to Go in 2009 included several errors. (Go to Interactive Listing) The entry about Las Vegas (No. 5) misspelled the surname of the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is Dr. R. Keith Schwer, not Scher. [...]
IN LAST Friday’s (January 16) edition of The Chronicle the wrong photograph was used in connection with an article about Chester DJ Mike Hannigan (left) who has been declared bankrupt. The Chronicle would like to apologise to Jamie Roberts who was pictured but has no connection with the story. We regret the error. Report an [...]
FOLLOWING our article on 16 November which stated that Heather Mills had recently had a third boob job Heather Mills has asked us to point out that she has not had breast enlargement surgery. Furthermore, we wish to clarify that Ms Mills has not spent pounds 1million on a swimming pool and has not spent [...]
This article was amended on Tuesday 20 January 2009. In our entry on Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon Days, we referred to a Prairie Ho Companion; we meant a Prairie Home Companion. This has been corrected. Link Thanks, Jason! Report an error
The caption to a photograph of Grangemouth oil refinery, which appeared across pages 18 and 19 of the main paper on 27 November, wrongly referred to “gas being flared off”. In fact the photo was dominated by three cooling towers, which emit only water vapour, and a number of distillation columns. Link Report an error
A Jan. 22 Home article incorrectly said that Meredith Corp. is ceasing publication of Country Living magazine. That publisher is folding its Country Home magazine; Country Living, published by Hearst Communications, remains in operation. Link Report an error
Infrastructure: A Dec. 26 Op-Ed stated that, in 1954, a mile of four-lane interstate highway required “50 tons of concrete and 20 tons of reinforcing steel.” It required 20,000 tons of concrete and 80 tons of steel. Link Report an error
I’m a bit behind in posting links to my weekly column for Columbia Journalism Review online. Here are pointers to three recent columns, with excerpts. My full column archive is online here. Today’s column: A Rare Peek at Why Errors Occur Last Sunday’s New York Times was a treasure trove of accuracy-related information, and I [...]
