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A Sept. 4 Sports item about John Glenn was accompanied by an incorrect photograph. The man labeled as Glenn was another former astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Link  Report an error

I initially didn’t post about this story because it struck me as a tale of well-meaning aggregation gone wrong, but it seems that the issue was bigger than that. The bottom line is that the Hartford Courant has apologized for repeatedly and knowingly plagiarizing the work of its competitors. Here’s an excerpt from a statement [...]

Wine woes: A caption which accompanied a picture and article about Spring in the Valley (Winemakers to boycott Swan Valley ‘debauch’, page 7, September 9) stated that the owner of the Little River Winery and Café would “shut up shop” during the festival. In fact, the Little River Café, which is on the same property [...]

From a post on YES! Weekly’s blog: After careful review of Keith T. Barber’s interview with Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith, we have determined that Mr. Keith was misquoted in a single instance. The piece ran in the Aug. 26 edition of YES! Weekly under the headline, “Forsyth DA: Racial Justice Act inherently flawed.” [...]

In our story titled ‘Sri Vajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya declared sacred site’ published on Monday, September 7, 2009 the name of the founder of Vajiraramaya has been misspelt twice. The correct name is Most Ven. Palene Vajiragnana Nayake Thera. We regret the error.  Report an error

An article on Friday about criticism of President Obama’s plan to address schoolchildren on Tuesday referred incorrectly to remarks by Mark Steyn, a Canadian author and political commentator, on the Rush Limbaugh show. (The Media Equation column in Business Day on Monday also included the incorrect reference.) Mr. Steyn made extensive reference to Saddam Hussein’s [...]

There are a few corrections that need to be made regarding two stories in the August, 2009 edition featuring Newco Tank Corp. The first story, “All systems are go for launch of patented Newco tank,” page C11, spoke about Newco’s new production tank design that features the engine package inside the tank, and using its [...]

Clare Burstall, former director of the National Foundation for Educational Research, whose birthday we recently listed, died in 2006 (3 September, page 33). Link    Report an error

A report from the Christian Science Monitor: The world’s most infamous agent of nuclear proliferation, Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, has added a fresh feather to his cap following revelations that a newspaper column he penned two weeks ago for Pakistan’s The News heavily plagiarized websites of British universities… The newspaper column in question, “Science [...]

Correction: Because of an editing error, a story in yesterday’s Metro section about Curt Schilling’s possible run for Senate incorrectly referred to former senator Edward W. Brooke III as being dead. Because of a reporting error, his surname was also misspelled. Link  Report an error

The final sentence of an obituary about Bernie Feldman on Page B3 on Thursday should have read: If people would like to honor his memory, they can sign a petition to send George Bush and Dick Cheney to jail, his son said. Link    Report an error

I placed a link to this remarkable Slate story on the What I’m Reading sidebar on this site last week. Now the New York Daily News has finally responded to the evidence uncovered by Slate. The News published this correction on Friday: AN AUG. 23 Daily News story by a freelance reporter about the hip-hop [...]

OUR picture accompanying the story "Mum dies as paramedic refuses to go into pub" was of pub manager Michelle Doherty and not the victim, Melissa Proctor-Blain. Our apologies to Melissa’s family, and to Michelle (Page 15, September 1).  Report an error

WE HAVE been asked to point out that while a Gravesend town centre street brawl took place next to the George Inn, it had nothing to do with the pub. The incident, in which three men were taken to hospital, took place alongside the pub in Terrace Street, at about 1.20am, on Wednesday last week [...]

An article on the Square Feet pages on Wednesday about distress in the commercial real estate sector incorrectly paraphrased a comment by Richard Parkus, a research analyst for Deutsche Bank, about recent market trends. He said that office vacancies are increasing and rents are decreasing, not the other way around. The article also misstated the [...]

Due to an editing error, a quote in a story last Saturday about Naomi Klein was wrongfully attributed to Avi Lewis. Mr. Lewis was not interviewed for the story. Link Lewis and Klein are married.  Report an error

An obituary on Monday about Sheila Lukins, a co-author of “The Silver Palate Cookbook,” which helped introduce many Americans to simple, highly flavored cooking, referred incorrectly to the book’s recipe for ratatouille, which a book editor said had too much garlic in an earlier version. The published recipe calls for two tablespoons of minced garlic, [...]

William Clark, co-founder of The Baby Einstein Company, has asked us to correct several mistakes in a story headlined Baby genius videos make money, not sense (14 July, page 3, Education). The company was launched in 1996 not 1997. The video Baby Mozart was released in 1998, not 2000. Baby da Vinci was produced after [...]

Madonna : In Saturday’s Calendar, a Quick Takes item about Madonna being booed for comments in Bucharest about discrimination against Gypsies said Bucharest was in Hungary. Bucharest is in Romania.  Report an error

Friday’s Iron Angle column suggested that Birmingham City Council deputy leader Paul Tilsley was unable to attend a council meeting because he was on holiday. Coun Tilsley was in fact attending to a family illness and not away.  Report an error

This has been an incredibly bad summer for the Telegraph-Journal, a newspaper in New Brunswick. Early in the summer, the paper faced criticism for firing a summer intern under questionable circumstances. Then, in July, the editor and publisher had to step down after the paper started a national scandal by printing false allegations about the [...]

A taste test of various foods described a sample from Anila’s Curry Sauces as starting well but having "a slightly dirty aftertaste". Our reviewer meant to convey that the aftertaste was odd – not to imply that food hygiene might be poor (Look, no gluten! 19 August, page 14, G2). Link  Report an error

In a story Aug. 27, The Associated Press reported that the family of a student who said a science teacher burned a cross on his arm settled a federal lawsuit with the school district. Their attorney, Doug Mansfield, described it as an effort by the family to move past the incident. Mansfield was quoted saying, [...]