YouTube recently unveiled its Reporters’ Center, a library of videos offering advice about a variety of aspects of journalism. "The YouTube Reporters’ Center is a new resource to help you learn more about how to report the news," according to the site. "It features some of the nation’s top journalists and news organizations sharing instructional [...]
In a story June 26, The Associated Press reported that frustrated fishermen are firing guns at bottlenose dolphins that have become increasingly aggressive in taking fish off hooks, and some dolphins have been wounded or killed. The story quoted Bob Zales, president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators, as saying he heard accounts [...]
A June 26 story about how sales of Michael Jackson merchandise could get a boost after his death incorrectly listed musician Chuck Berry as deceased. Chuck Berry, 82, is still alive and touring. Link Report an error
Bikie death: "Rebel Rick" Roberts’ death in Canberra in March was the result of a domestic dispute and not, as we wrongly wrote, part of a wave of apparent revenge attacks following a brawl between bikies at Sydney Airport (Bikie world pulls in viewers, Agenda, page 62, June 27). Report an error
The Night Out column last Sunday, about the actress Betty White, misstated the name of the television show on which she played beer pong with the host. It was “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” not “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Link Report an error
AN article in yesterday’s Geelong Advertiser incorrectly reported that Cindy Gambino overdosed on analgesics in an attempt to commit suicide. The Geelong Advertiser has been assured by Ms Gambino that at no stage did she consider harming herself. The Geelong Advertiser sincerely apologises for the error and for any distress it may have caused. Report [...]
A report from the JTA: Australia’s national public broadcaster has apologized for a report that claimed Israel’s security fence was ruled to be illegal by the Supreme Court. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. apologized Wednesday to a Jewish lobby group and corrected an April 25 report which stated that “both the International Court of Justice and [...]
In the Cover Story on Sasol (June 19), it was stated that senior executive Riaan Rademan had been suspended and was facing disciplinary proceedings. This is not true in any respect. We apologise to Rademan and Sasol for the mistake. Report an error
AN ARTICLE entitled "Charged for giving his kids’ mum AIDS" was published on May 19, 2008 concerning Mr Brian Montgomery. The article was incorrectly accompanied by a photograph of Mr Mark Ryan. The Daily Telegraph apologises unreservedly for any embarrassment or hurt to feelings suffered by Mr Ryan as a result of the publication. Report [...]
The headline on our obituary of Charlie Mariano yesterday, page 30, wrongly referred to the American-born saxophonist and nadaswaram player as a "globe-trotting jazz trumpeter". Link Report an error
The new book from Wired editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson contains multiple passages lifted from Wikipedia. The examples of plagiarism were discovered by a reviewer for the Virginia Quarterly Review and Anderson admits that he failed to properly attribute the text. Here’s how he explained himself: As some of you may have seen, VQR [...]
Kris DeRego, the news editor at Ka Leo, the student paper at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been fired after the paper looked through his previous work and found a trail of fabricated sources and factual errors. From the paper’s report: In a review of all stories written for Ka Leo between January [...]
Because of a reporter’s error, Bill Husted’s column on Page 3B on Sunday contained an item about a tombstone for "Elway the Drug Sniffing Dog." The tombstone was digitally fabricated for a blog and does not exist. Link Report an error
Correction: Because of incomplete information supplied by the city, an item in Thursday’s "g" erroneously reported that admission to tomorrow’s Rose Garden Party at the Kelleher Rose Garden is free. Tickets are $125. Link Report an error
In a June 15 story about DF Indie Studios, The Associated Press reported erroneous claims by the company and founders Mary Dickinson and Charlene Fisher. In a news release and in interviews, DF Indie Studios and the founders said their movies will be produced by such Hollywood figures as Ridley and Tony Scott. Dickinson and [...]
In today’s paper a reference to the wealth of Windsor Conservative MP Adam Afriyie was based on an email from his chief of staff, Russell Walters. Mr Walters has now told us he made a mistake in mentioning figures without discussing it with Mr Afriyie beforehand, for which he has now apologised to Mr Afriyie. [...]
Because of a transcription error, an article last Monday about the rivalry between Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of News Corporation, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, misquoted Mr. Murdoch’s response to the prime minister, who accused Mr. Murdoch of conducting personal attacks on him through the media. Mr. Murdoch said he did not [...]
AN ARTICLE entitled Class Wins IMO Battle Over Standards Self-Assessment (Lloyd’s List, June 12), contained an error regarding the amount of time that Lloyd’s Register, the classification society, argued it might take to verify full compliance to global standards under an original, now discarded plan. The estimated time span was up to 10 years, not [...]
A brief report in the Inside the List column last Sunday about the crime writer Michael Connelly misstated the history of an apartment he once rented as a studio. It was used in the making of the 1973 film version of Raymond Chandler’s “Long Goodbye.” It was not the former apartment of Raymond Carver. Link [...]
On October 4, 2008, The Age published an article under the headline "Cosmetic surgery rules cop flack". The article reported on new rules implemented by the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS) requiring disclosure by ACCS members to prospective recipients of invasive surgery. The article included a photograph of Dr Cynthia Weinstein and reproduced quotations [...]
Children as young as 14 who took part in a Colmar Brunton research project were not shown footage of rape, sadism or "graphic" violence, as reported on December 4. Forty-four teenagers aged 14 to 17 participated. Consent was gained from their parents, who had already viewed the clips, taken from eight films or television programmes. [...]
WE incorrectly stated (Page 18, June 18) that Kieran Blackwell had raped Cheryl Camm before beating her to death. He was never accused of rape but was jailed for murder. It was also stated that he had attacked another woman, Stacey Glenn, and raped a 19 year old on separate occasions. Though these allegations were [...]
A report from the Guardian: The editor-in-chief of an academic journal has resigned after his publication accepted a hoax article. The Open Information Science Journal failed to spot that the incomprehensible computer-generated paper was a fake. This was despite heavy hints from its authors, who claimed they were from the Centre for Research in Applied [...]
Gary Doer, the Premier of Manitoba, was incorrectly identified as Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan, in a photo caption on the front page of some editions of yesterday’s newspaper. And: A column entitled "It must be asked: Did Danny have a power play?" published on page B2 of the Feb. 19, 2009, edition of [...]
An article published on Page A1 Wednesday about an unfinished home in Columbia Township contained incorrect information about Amy and Chris Dickerson. The article incorrectly stated that Amy Dickerson filed for bankruptcy in 2008. That is not true. The article also said there was a judgment against the Dickersons relating to a civil case with [...]
