‘Men of Israel’: In the Big Picture column in Monday’s Calendar, an item about the film "Men of Israel" described Michael Lucas of New York-based Lucas Entertainment as a former porn actor whose company produces gay porn. A spokesman for Lucas says he still has an active career as a performer in the adult industry. [...]
In a report about iPhone applications we quoted Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple, saying "iPhone is off to a great start – we hope to sell our one-millionth iPhone by the end of its first full quarter of sales – and our new product pipeline is very strong." That statement was not [...]
The July 28 story "Immigrants Should Be Eligible for the Presidency" originally contained a paragraph stating that several Founding Fathers, including Alexander Hamilton, were ineligible for the presidency because of the circumstances of their birth. This paragraph was inaccurate and has been deleted from the story. Link Report an error
The Chinese military budget of 480.6bn yuan for 2009 is approximately £43bn, not £43m as a faulty conversion made it in our report, China’s army launches cupcakes offensive, 29 July, page 16. Link Report an error
From Reuters: South African President Jacob Zuma accepted "very substantial damages" from Britain’s Guardian newspaper over an article that wrongly suggested he was a rapist, his lawyers said on Thursday. The March article, headlined "Get used to a corrupt and chaotic South Africa. But don’t write it off" also alleged Zuma was guilty of corruption [...]
An article on Monday about the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony misstated part of a comment by the daughter of Joe Gordon, the talented second baseman who died in 1978 and was honored on Sunday. In describing some of her father’s many skills, she recalled how he could stay on a bucking bronco [...]
IN The Kerryman last week we published a court report headlined " Man thought drugs in his coffee were birthday gift" in which we stated that Cahersiveen District Court heard that David Aranda of Tullig West, Cahersiveen, admitted to being a cannabis dealer in France. This is incorrect. Mr Aranda admitted to being a cannabis [...]
A story Sunday about Vietnam veterans counseling veterans of the Iraq war said incorrectly that at one point Vietnam veteran Vic Griguoli had physically abused his wife. In fact, Griguoli, 63, said his relationship with his family suffered because of his untreated emotional problems but he did not physically abuse his wife. Report an error
On page 2 of the July 23 paper and page 12 of the July 24 paper, the Earnings Calendar chart misstated SunTrust Banks Inc.’s per-share loss for the second quarter. It lost 41 cents, not $4.41. A typographical error was to blame. Report an error
Oops! We seriously inflated our figures in the editorial of July 23. According to Corrections Minister Judith Collins, there were 8434 people in prisons or police stations on July 13. The prison population is forecast to rise to around 10,700 by 2016. If that forecast is realised, we then will have 2266 more people in [...]
An article in Sunday’s Section A about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s role in Congress’ healthcare debate said that Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) had urged his friend to stop drinking after the Massachusetts Democrat’s 1969 car accident at Chappaquiddick. Hatch gave the advice in 1991, after Kennedy spent an evening at a Florida bar with [...]
"Richard Dawkins has even set up a children’s atheist summer camp," a column asserted (These atheists are cunning, 25 July, page 15, Weekend). Camp Quest originated in the US; Dawkins took no part in starting it. Nor did he set up the new UK camp. The organisation says that the Richard Dawkins Foundation made "a [...]
Today the Telegraph-Journal in New Brunswick issued a remarkable front page apology for a report that became a national controversy in Canada. In early July, the paper reported that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had pocketed the communion wafer given to him by a Roman Catholic priest at the funeral of former Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc. That [...]
The audio introduction to this story said, "Back in 1989, before the dawn of the Internet, three young students at Beijing University were among those at the center of the drama in Tiananmen Square." In fact, accounts of the Tiananmen Square killings were relayed via the Internet in 1989. Link Report an error
A New York newspaper is in trouble with local politicians and other members of the community after it took two photos and combined them without telling readers. Here’s the photo: A report from the Southampton Press: The photograph depicts Brookhaven Town Councilman Keith Romaine as being present at a July 2 news conference at Smith [...]
ON February 20, 2009, The Daily Telegraph published an article which referred to John Coughlan, the former CEO of the Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority. The article reported the outcome of a decision by the Industrial Relations Commission dealing with a complaint by a GHRRA employee and in particular referred to a finding made [...]
A STORY published last Sunday (`Pick a fight with me’) attributed quotes to North Queensland’s Carl Webb in an article relating to a possible boxing match against NSW prop Brett White. The quotes were passed on to The Sunday Telegraph and published in good faith. Unfortunately, Webb was not informed about the story and never [...]
A for-and-against piece (Topless – or not?, 23 July, page 10, G2) mentioned the French tradition of going topless. Taking a light-hearted stab at Latin, it went on to voice the suspicion that this "cultural more" conveniently allowed French practitioners to look sophisticated and simultaneously acquire an all-over tan. A reader notes that the nominative [...]
A report from the Guardian: The trade magazine Nursery Management Today could face a claim for damages after publishing a picture of the wrong nursery to illustrate a story about an investigation into child abuse. The July/August edition of the title, owned by Hawker Publications, included a picture of the wrong nursery – in which [...]
Neil Armstrong piloted the lunar module to the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969. A story in Sunday’s A-section named the wrong person. A story in Tuesday’s Observer about Statesville native Tom Marshburn’s first spacewalk misquoted the words of Neil Armstrong when he stepped onto the moon in 1969. Armstrong said: "That’s one small step [...]
Student assault: A brief report wrongly said that a Chinese student had been stabbed in St James on Saturday night (Student stabbed, page 18, July 21). In fact, police have alleged that the student was struck in the mouth with a screwdriver and sprayed with pepper spray. Report an error
A correction from the New York Times: An appraisal on Saturday about Walter Cronkite’s career included a number of errors. In some copies, it misstated the date that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed and referred incorrectly to Mr. Cronkite’s coverage of D-Day. Dr. King was killed on April 4, 1968, not [...]
An interview purporting to be with Banksy in last Saturday’s Guide (One last thing . . . , 18 July, page 98, the Guide) was, it transpires, conducted with someone impersonating the graffiti artist. We apologise to Banksy for this error and for any offence and inconvenience caused. Link Thanks, Daniel! Report an error
Phineas Gage image: An article in Thursday’s Section A about the discovery of a daguerreotype showing brain-injury patient Phineas Gage said the iron rod driven into his skull by a blast was successfully removed. In fact, the blast that drove the rod through his brain also drove it out the other side (it landed 25 [...]
An obituary on Monday about the writer Frank McCourt included several errors. A memoir published by his brother Malachy McCourt is titled “Singing My Him Song,” not “Singing Him My Song.” The director of the film adaptation of Mr. McCourt’s memoir “Angela’s Ashes” was Alan Parker, not Robert Parker. And Mr. McCourt’s birth date was [...]
