A picture caption in some editions on Monday with an article about the test of loyalties that a same-sex marriage bill poses to Malcolm A. Smith, the New York Senate majority leader, misquoted Mr. Smith, who supports the bill. Referring to the Rev. Floyd H. Flake, Mr. Smith’s mentor, who opposes the bill, Mr. Smith [...]
An obituary of Maurice Jarre (31 March, page 36) opened with a quotation which we are now advised had been invented as a hoax, and was never said by the composer: “My life has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life.” The article closed with: “Music is how I [...]
Re: Page 2 column A community Editorial Board column by Nancy Britton published on page A2 of yesterday’s newspaper failed to make explicit that Britton is describing her relationship with Tim Hortons. Many readers concluded otherwise. Link From the column in question: I swore I was not going to write about this. Believe me, I [...]
From a blog post by a National Geographic copydesk director David Brindley: …Our article “Arctic Landgrab†highlights the cutting-edge cartography used to map the bottom of the Arctic Ocean—and the race to stake claims on the oil that may lie beneath. Our cartographers spent months on the nine pages of maps in the article, poring [...]
Immaculate misconception: We got ourselves in almost as much of a tangle as former bishop Fernando Lugo, who has now had three separate allegations of paternity levelled against him (President hit with third baby claim, page 26, April 24). The former man of the cloth might get around but he is the President of Paraguay [...]
An April 26 Outlook book review incorrectly described an error made by Sir Walter Scott. Scott wrote that the sun set in the east. Link Report an error
Due to an editing error, a story said that Chinese nuclear submarines had gained prominence in recent battles with pirates off Somalia. It intended to say that the Chinese navy had gained such prominence (China unveils fleet of submarines in bid to build global trust, 22 April, page 21). Link Report an error
A story in the April 19 Sunday Sun, headlined Quick on the draw, incorrectly created the impression Eddy Kubara was involved in the Toronto Dominion bank robbery on Jan. 22, 1971. Kubara was not involved in the planning or execution of the holdup. The Sun apologizes for the error. Link Report an error
A Jan. 19, 2008, Metro article incorrectly described the Korean language as using symbols. It has an alphabet. Link Report an error
In initial versions of an April 24 story about federal prosecutors seeking to compel witnesses to testify in the trial of an ex-soldier, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Sgt. Anthony Yribe had been convicted at court-martial for taking part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. Yribe was never accused of [...]
In last Saturday’s Post Homes, the cover story about Peter Freedand the Fashion House development incorrectly said his father hadp assed away. Mr. Freed Sr. is very much still with us. We apologize for the error. Link Yes, there’s a typo in the correction. Report an error
On 10th December last, we published a story on the website with the heading: ‘Police officer faces jail after crashing riot van’. The article described the conviction of former Pc Geoff Jackson for taking a police vehicle without consent, careless driving and driving without insurance after a night out drinking with friends. The article was [...]
Writer wrong: American humorist S. J. Perelman and compatriot “jazz” poet Langston Hughes might have shared a February 1 birthday, a love of the written word and a penchant for moustaches but they did not share the same face. A photo in Burning Questions (Today, page 16, April 23) under the caption S. J. Perelman [...]
In yesterday’s instalment of the World factfile series, Ukraine was incorrectly identified as Kazakhstan in a small map of the region on page 6, and Romania as Macedonia on page 21. Link Report an error
In our April 20 issue, Erin Maxwell was misidentified as “Ashley Butts” in a photo caption. In the photo Erin Maxwell is hugging Abby Butts. We regret the error. Report an error
The McClatchy Watch blog spotted this bad typo on a Raleigh News & Observer blog post: Report an error
Erwin James is the name used by a convicted murder murderer who writes regularly for the Guardian. (That name is somewhat different from the one he grew up with.) Back in 2006, he wrote an article about his time spent in the French Foreign Legion. Now, three years later, he has admitted to fabricating parts [...]
A July 5, 2006, article misstated the name of a float in the previous day’s Independence Day parade on Constitution Avenue NW. The float was called “Sikhs of America,” not “Sheiks of America.” Link Report an error
Our story about the cannonball being found at Morven (April 18) had a rather large hiccup in it. Unfortunately and unwittingly, we referred to Murray and Jeffrey Bruce as Bruce and Jeffrey Murray. Report an error
Roughly three weeks ago, the website of Sports Illustrated reported that NFL draft prospect B.J. Raji had tested positive for marijuana at the NFL combine. The story was widely quoted but it also drew criticism, especially after Raji’s agent disputed the tale. Days later, SI scrubbed the story off its site. The FanHouse asked SI [...]
An article on Tuesday about a speech that disparaged Israel, made by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a United Nations conference on racism in Geneva, quoted incorrectly in some editions from his comment about the creation of Israel. He said, “Following World War II they resorted to military aggressions to make an entire nation [...]
A MAN who scammed thousands of dollars from newly-arrived immigrants is not a barrister as reported in The Advertiser yesterday. Harry Alevizos, 57, of Clearview, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday to fraud charges over his claims to be a registered migration agent. The barrister and solicitor Harry Alevizos is another man and [...]
The Sept. 26, 2008, obituary of Mickey Vernon mistakenly called Max Patkin the “Crown Prince” of baseball. He was known as baseball’s “Clown Prince.” Link Report an error
The May issue of Esquire includes a section that promises to give readers 26 “skills worth having.” Included among the advice on skinning a moose, giving a massage, parallel parking, and consoling a crying woman was a lesson in how to “curse well.” That item apparently upset a number of readers and the magazine has [...]
We apologise to Jacob Zuma, the president of the African National Congress, for suggesting (in a piece headlined Get used to a corrupt and chaotic South Africa. But don’t write it off, 6 March, page 31) that he was guilty of rape. This was included due to an editing error. In fact, Mr Zuma was [...]
