IN a “Farewell Jade” supplement last week we published an aerial photograph of the burial of Jade Goody. Although taken at some distance, and not identifying any individual in attendance, we now accept that this photograph was taken contrary to the wishes of Jade’s family who were upset by the publication of the photograph. We [...]
“The world’s No 1 bestseller” ( Observer Magazine, last week) said James Patterson “outsells JK Rowling, John Grisham and Dan Brown put together”. Patterson has sold 150 million books, but JK Rowling alone has sold 400 million. Our report on more bloodshed in the world of literary criticism (“Endangered species under further threat”, Books, last [...]
In an April 9 story, The Associated Press reported that Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears spoke about the importance of preventing divorces. The story noted that Sears is divorced. It should have made clear that she is now remarried. Link Report an error
The High Court was informed on Wednesday (8 April 2009) that on 8 April 2007 we reported that EastEnders actor Mohammed George had attacked his girlfriend in the street and that she was the victim of violent domestic abuse inflicted by him. We accepted in Court that Mr George’s police caution for common assault was [...]
Blenheim Palace was said to be “sequestering chocolate around its grounds”, in yesterday’s news feature about places for visitors to enjoy a credit-crunch British Easter (Cheerful, cultural – and suitably cheap, page 3). Not really. But it was secreting them. Link Report an error
Romenesko spotted a remarkable story in today’s Toronto Star. The paper reports that Financial Post Magazine, the glossy business mag published by the National Post newspaper, took the extraordinary step of removing a page from each copy of its latest issue in order to avoid publishing an error. From the Star’s story: Readers of the [...]
In last week’s article on South Africa (“Politics v the law”, April 4th) there was a typographical error in the penultimate sentence, in which an opinion poll is said to have found that “Jacob Zuma’s popularity is unrented, at least among blacks, who still seem to support him overwhelmingly.” “Unrented” should have been “undented”. Sorry [...]
ON Tuesday the Northern Territory News published a story about a man waiting to be sentenced for shooting a 10-year-old boy in the stomach with a slug gun. The story said Magistrate Sue Oliver supported a fully suspended sentence for the man. In fact, Ms Oliver was asked to consider a fully suspended sentence but [...]
In the Feb. 27 story “Hive and Seek,” we mistakenly referred to the subjects as the Backyard Beekeepers. Their name is actually Backyard B Keepers. The Beekly regretzzzz the error. And thankzzzz to The Orange CountyRegister for totally ripping our story off on April 2 (dun-dun-DUNNN!)-and, uh, getting the name of the group right (wah-wah-wahhhh). [...]
During a live portion of the TODAY show on Friday, April 3, 2009, Janice Lieberman stated that Ritz Camera is going out of business. To clarify, 300 of their stores are closing, and the remaining 400 will remain open. Link Report an error
Our 19 January report of the West Ham v Fulham match (“Di Michele and Cole flourish in Bellamy’s place”) wrongly stated that Craig Bellamy had stormed out of training on 16 January. In fact, he attended training with West Ham in the normal way and made himself available for selection against Fulham. We apologise for [...]
Letter sent to Congo: A story published Tuesday about the upcoming corruption trial of former Rep. William Jefferson incorrectly reported that the New Orleans Democrat had sent a letter to the “president of the Republic of Congress” in regard to a project Jefferson was promoting by the U.S. satellite company Worldspace. The letter was to [...]
Suspect gave wrong address: A story in Tuesday’s editions about Mario Vargas, who was arrested Saturday after being accused of taking a bite out of a Metairie man’s arm, listed Vargas’ address as 724 Camp St., New Orleans, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrest report. An official from St. Patrick’s Church, located at [...]
A brief article in The Caucus column last Wednesday about Newt Gingrich’s conversion to Catholicism referred incorrectly to James Dobson, who had interviewed Mr. Gingrich, a former speaker of the House, on his radio program. Dr. Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, is an evangelical Christian leader who has a doctorate in child [...]
Greatly exaggerated: Perth theatre director Raymond Omodei assures us that he is alive and well after he was referred to as “the late Ray Omodei” in the obituary of architect Jeff Considine (Architect was pioneer of green design, page 77, April 7). We regret any embarrassment or inconvenience the error caused. Report an error
In a story headlined Bellamy storms out after Hammers reject Tottenham’s £12m offer (17 January, page 7), we wrongly reported that footballer Craig Bellamy had refused to train and play for West Ham against Fulham. We alleged that he had stormed out of West Ham’s training ground and had in effect gone on strike. We [...]
Lakers-Clippers photo: In Sports on Monday, a photo accompanying articles about Sunday’s Lakers-Clippers game pictured Laker Lamar Odom trying to shoot over the Clippers’ Fred Jones. The caption misidentified Odom as Laker Kobe Bryant. Link Report an error
Yesterday’s article “Seven’s Leckie nets $26.8m” may have implied that Seven Network chief executive David Leckie acted improperly in selling his Seven shares. The Age accepts that Mr Leckie’s action in selling the shares to repay loans used to buy them was not improper or against the interests of shareholders and apologises for any hurt [...]
A commentary on the games industry went off the deep end when the author declared himself hit “like a damp squid” by the sector’s failings in recent years (The start of something beautiful in San Francisco, 2 April, page 6, Technology). When correctly rendered as damp squib, this figure of speech is devoid of associations [...]
A listing of fun facts published on Page A5 of Monday’s Kalamazoo Gazette about “American Idol” finalist Matt Giraud contained a wrong nickname. The correct nickname is White Chocolate, affectionately given to him by some members of his high school choir. Link The paper incorrectly reported that Giraud’s nickname was “Chocolate Thunder.” Darryl Dawkins is [...]
Because of an editor’s error, a story about the State Police firearms crime lab in Monday’s Gazette incorrectly stated that police examiners said new equipment in the lab “wouldn’t do much to reduce the lab’s backlog or speed cases out the door.” Actually, lab examiners see the new equipment as beneficial, but said the redesign [...]
In an April 5 Final Four note about the Detroit Lions’ locker room, The Associated Press erroneously reported basketball teams were 0-5 after using that locker room in Ford Field. Kansas won two NCAA tournament games last year after using the Lions’ locker room. Report an error
This is an early favorite for 2009′s Typo of the Year. The Daily Universe, a student paper at BYU, recalled and trashed the full printing (18,000 copies) of its Monday edition after discovering a typo. Notably, it was a typo that could have offended the Mormon chruch church. The paper issued a brief apology and [...]
An unfortunate mistranslation led to the incorrect report on our website that the Swiss had fired head women’s coach Hugues Ansermoz. It was not correct. Ansermoz’s job was in fact very secure as pointed out by the Swiss Ski president Urs Lehmann, who said, “Hugues Ansermoz is one of our best coaches: and will remain [...]
The director Spike Jonze worked with Karen Orzolek, lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, on the soundtrack to an upcoming film, not the whole band as we suggested in an interview, ‘There are too many whiny bands’, 30 March, page 19, G2. The director of the video for their new single Zero is [...]
