Matt Thompson, a fellow the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, wrote an interesting post about corrections for his Newsless blog. He notes the limitations of the online corrections pages of some newspaper websites, and also calls for a new way of pushing corrections out to readers: We could do much more with [...]
City Pages, a weekly in Minneapolis/St. Paul, highlighted this remarkable Editor’s Note from the Minnesota Daily, the student newspaper at the University of Minnesota: Editor’s note: Some of the claims made by Charles Carlson included in this article were later found to be untrue. Several months after this story was printed, Carlson admitted he had [...]
In a story contained in WENN’s 1st feed on 4 March 09 – headlined QUAID PAL WAS PLAYING HUSBAND TO HIS EX WHEN HE HEARD OF MEDICAL CRISIS, we reported that actor Brett Cullen was working with Quaid’s ex-wife, Kim Basinger, on the film The Burning Plain. Of course, Quaid was never married to Basinger. [...]
A March 1 Style article incorrectly stated that Keith Olbermann described Karl Rove as having “a head like a lump of unbaked bread dough.” That comment was made by Jon Stewart. A Feb. 25 Style article incorrectly quoted President Obama as saying, “See, I know we can get some concessions in here,” during his address [...]
A story Monday about the use of ignition interlock devices by people convicted of driving while intoxicated misstated which vehicles are covered by the existing state law. Any vehicle driven by the person required to use the device would have to have the device. Link Not sure if I’m the only person who finds that [...]
One U.K. television station and U.K. eight newspapers have published/aired apologies and paid damages after they falsely reported that a child’s birthday party had spun wildly out of control due to its promotion on Facebook. In reality, “only very minor damage was caused”during the party, it was never promoted on Facebook, no alcohol was served, [...]
An article on the Square Feet pages on Wednesday about several buildings in New York City that are adding cogeneration systems to create electricity and capture otherwise wasted energy included several errors. The buildings’ generators use wasted heat to produce steam to heat and cool the buildings; they do not use excess steam. (The headline [...]
A story Jan. 29 used an inappropriate word to describe patrons at the Massapequa Post 1066 of the American Legion. The word could be read as disparaging, which was not Newsday’s intention. Its use did not reflect Newsday’s policy to avoid loaded terms and imprecise language when reporting on individuals or groups. Link The paper [...]
We were wrong to describe Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve in the US supreme court and a former aide to Bill Clinton. It was Thurgood Marshall Jr, son of the supreme court judge, who was Bill Clinton’s aide (‘I’m smart, I can’t play dumb’, 28 February, page 8, Guide). Link Report an [...]
Dr Maxine Cooper On August 12, we published a feature article by Rosslyn Beeby which suggested that Dr Cooper, the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, had breached her obligations as an independent statutory officer to “operate as a politically independent watchdog”. No attempt was made to check our allegations with Dr Cooper before [...]
A graphic in the Feb. 26 editions of The Advocate contained errors about two of the three finalists for school superintendent in East Baton Rouge Parish. Bonita Coleman-Potter, of Jackson, Miss., did not work as a correctional officer in Elmore, Ala. Potter leads a Boy Scout troop for a Baptist church in Jackson, Miss. John [...]
A Feb. 26 article about Justice Arthur Gans incorrectly stated that David Stucky had been convicted of misleading advertising in connection with direct mail promotions in a trial presided over by Gans. In fact, Stucky was acquitted of the charges. Link Report an error
Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about the role of the loyal opposition in politics referred incorrectly to an item in the stimulus bill recently signed into law. The article repeated a frequent but incorrect Republican assertion that the bill directs money specifically to mouse-marsh preservation. It does not. The article also [...]
We said that in 1709 “from Czechoslovakia in the east… everything turned to ice” (7 February, p 46). No such country existed in 1709. It was founded in 1918 and split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Link Report an error
In a TODAYshow.com article titled “18 More Tips From Your Grocers,” published Tuesday, Feb. 24, a supermarket industry consultant was quoted as saying that “the new Jiffy peanut butter container looks the same, but it actually has less peanut butter inside.” Â This claim is false. Link Report an error
“Food cravings triggered by specific sports” (News, last week) reported on research into exercise and eating patterns by Dr David Stensel of Loughborough University. Dr Stensel has asked us to make it clear that this research is incomplete and unverifiable at this stage. The piece also referred to a book by Dr Stensel entitled Influence [...]
