Correction: An earlier version of this story posted online (and published in the April issue of Golf Digest) had two errors. We incorrectly reported that President Obama made a personal call to Tiger Woods to offer encouragement. Though the president commented publicly, that call never occurred. The story also stated that President Clinton called Woods [...]
In last week’s Hills & Valley Messenger, the article “Tough cat laws close in Mitcham” included a quote from Mitcham Animal Management Committee chair and councillor Diana Gibbs Ludbrook which was incorrect. The quote “It’s not meant to be primitive but educative,” should have read “It’s not meant to be punitive but educative.” The error [...]
Columbia Journalism Review today released a major report about magazine websites. (Disclosure: I write a weekly column for CJR, but had no involvement in this report.) You can read a brief intro and download the full PDF here. The report includes some interesting information about fact checking, copy editing and corrections. The results are mixed, [...]
In our article “Tory MP accused over links to Nigerian politician” 14 February 2010, we reported that Tony Baldry MP had “lobbied” on behalf of a Nigerian politician James Ibori in writing a letter to the Foreign Secretary and others and that his involvement amounted to “political lobbying”. We now accept that Mr Baldry did [...]
Sublime With Rome: An article in Thursday’s Calendar about ska-punk band Sublime With Rome identified Eric Wilson as the group’s drummer and Bud Gaugh as the bassist. Wilson is the bassist and Gaugh is the drummer. In addition, a Spanish lyric in the song “Caress Me Down,” “Mucho gusto me llamo Bradley,” was translated as [...]
A report on December 12 stated that Colin Kazim-Richards had been transfer-listed by Fenerbahce due to his involvement in a sex scandal. We now accept that this agency report was untrue and that he was not involved in any such scandal. The player has since happily left the club by agreement for football reasons. We [...]
LAST week, to accompany an article about Ashley Cole cheating on Cheryl with Vicki Gough, 30, we mistakenly pictured Vicky Gough, 19 (above). We wish to make clear that the Ms Gough we pictured has no connection whatsoever with Ashley Cole and offer our sincere apologies for any distress and embarrassment caused to her. Link [...]
Some editions of Tuesday’s Spectator contained the wrong photo of Hamilton broadcaster Brian Williams. A picture of an NBC broadcaster of the same name ran in error. Link Report an error
