A Jan. 27 Page One article misstated the nature of the charges recently filed against four men including James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who gained notice last year with undercover videos that he and an associate recorded at regional offices of the group ACORN. The men are accused of plotting to tamper with a telephone [...]
We apologise to the staff and pupils of Kilkenny College, a boarding school in south-east Ireland, for mistakenly identifying it as a school that Saoirse Ronan left because teachers and students were giving her a hard time (A name to reckon with, 23 January, page 16, Weekend). Contrary to what we stated, Saoirse Ronan was [...]
On Monday last, under the headline “Saoirse: Pupils weren’t Lovely to me”, we reported remarks attributed to actor Saoirse Ronan concerning her experience at school in which it was stated that pupils, teachers and staff at school gave her a hard time. We identified the school wrongly as being Kilkenny College. We acknowledge that, contrary [...]
The Jan. 25 article “Is the President Panicking” originally stated that Fox News led the charge against Bill Clinton in the ’94 midterm elections. Fox News did not come into being until 1996. The story has been corrected. Link Report an error
In the Sunday Morning Post two days ago, we reported the death of Malaysia’s former king Sultan Iskandar Ismail. However, the accompanying picture was of King Syed Sirajuddin, who ruled between 2001 and 2006 and who is still alive. We apologise for the error and any misunderstanding it caused. Report an error
A misreading of a Department of Water Resources Web site led to a whopper of an error in Monday’s front-page story on the current storm. Since the beginning of the year, water levels at Lake Oroville have risen a bit more than 15 feet. Link So the error was big enough to deem a whopper, [...]
In a Jan. 25 story about a study of the gender gap in college enrollment and undergraduate degrees, The Associated Press reported erroneously that more men are attending college and graduating with a bachelor’s degree, reversing the tendency of women to outnumber men and outperform them academically. The study found that the gender gap has [...]
A photo caption in some editions of Monday’s Spectator incorrectly identified New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees as Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre. We apologize for the error. Link Report an error
When we reprinted an extract from a 1984 Guardian article – Macintosh launched by Apple, 25 January, page 30 – an inputting error compounded by an editing intervention resulted in the computer’s weight being given as 77kg. As the newspaper originally reported, it weighed about 17lb. That would make 7.7kg. On the other hand, a [...]
On-the-Spot Dairy in Salford St, Invercargill, staff did use gloves when serving an ice cream during a survey of dairies and their hygiene standards, which was published on Saturday. We’re sorry for any embarrassment we may have caused the dairy’s staff. Report an error
Howie Morenz: At the bottom of the second column on page 14 of the Hockey Day in Stratford supplement there’s an allusion to Dean Robinson doing an interview with hockey great Howie Morenz. Morenz, however, died in 1937, nine years before Mr. Robinson was born. We regret the error. Mr. Robinson did a 32-minute video [...]
ART collector Shahab Karmely has never been charged with any crime. In an item Thursday reporting that Karmely had sold an East 78th Street townhouse to art dealer Otto Naumann, we incorrectly stated that Karmely once paid a $500,000 fine after failing to collect sales tax on $3 million in paintings. In fact, it was [...]
We accidentally misrepresented gambling addiction counsellor Liz Karter last week when we quoted her saying: “I think there is a great demonic force out there leading women quite deliberately into trouble.” A bad telephone line led us to miss a vital negative. She actually said: “I think there isn’t a demonic force. . .” (“Britain’s [...]
In the Jan. 17 “Fighting Words,” Christopher Hitchens incorrectly asserted that San Francisco had not been hit by an earthquake since 1906. Link Report an error
The Spirits column in the Jan. 20 Food section, which discussed the local availability of Bitter Truth brand bitters from Germany, contained this sentence: “The Bitter Truth’s Jerry Thomas says his product will be a good substitute for Angostura in most drinks.” Thomas was a 19th-century bartender for whom the company named one of its [...]
Mr Mullins: On page 6 yesterday a report mentioned that Patrick Joseph Mullins, 42, of East Fremantle, had been charged with attempted aggravated sexual penetration, wilful damage and aggravated burglary. We would like to make clear that the charged man is not Patrick Joseph Mullins, a former prominent resident of Fremantle, who once ran as [...]
IN our story two weeks ago “No rap as shops sell booze to kids” we reported how figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats showed 189 shops out of 211 test purchased in North East Lincolnshire last year had sold alcohol to children who were under-age. North East Lincolnshire Council have asked us to point out [...]
OUR source clearly indulged in too much champagne at the Douglas Hannant party at the Plaza Oak Room the other night. We reported on Wednesday that Countess Nathalie von Bismarck was “on her first night out since her split from the count.” This was incorrect. Count Carl-Eduard and Countess von Bismarck have not split. They [...]
ON January 18, 2010, we published an article within the Scottish Daily Express concerning the recent purchase of a property by author JK Rowling, entitled fiParty must’ve been wizard – Rowling pays GBP 300,000 extra to move straight into new mansionfl. In it we published two photographs of the inside of Ms Rowling’s new property. [...]
A headline, Who’s the big earner now? These days it’s probably the wife, say researchers (20 January, page 25), was not supported by the study results reported in the article: they showed that in 2007, 22% of US wives earned more than their husbands. That still leaves 78% who earned the same or less. Link [...]
In a Jan. 16 ESPNLosAngeles.com blog, it was incorrectly reported that USC guard Percy Miller, also known as Lil’ Romeo, had been kicked off the men’s basketball team due to a prior infraction. Miller remains with the team. Link Report an error
A Jan. 19 image accompanying an article about Jason Kieffer’s new comic book, The Rabble of Downtown Toronto, incorrectly identified the cartoon as “Crazy Hand Lady.” In fact, the drawing was “Rage Man.” Link Report an error
A CD review in the Jan. 15 Weekend section misstated the name of a new album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. It is “Genuine Negro Jig,” not “Genuine Negro Gig.” Link Thanks, Deann! Report an error
Due to an editing oversight the actor John Cater, who died last year, appeared in our weekend birthdays list for 17 January (16 January, page 43). We apologise for this. Link Report an error
Correction: A letter from Allen Glines (Jan. 15) spoke of the “murder” of Kiplyn Davis. The error was ours. It should have read: “the disappearance of Kiplyn Davis.” Link Report an error
