Yesterday’s story “Midwife to face injured babies probe” wrongly stated, due to a production error after the report was submitted, that the health board said some of the babies may allegedly have been injured. The claim came from another source. We apologise for the error. Link Report an error
In a story contained in WENN’s 1st feed on 27 April, 2010, headlined “KATE NASH OPENS UP ABOUT BREAKDOWN, DRINK AND DRUGS”, we stated that Kate Nash had given an interview in which she discussed the effects of her “drink and drug” use. WENN wishes to make it clear that Nash did not discuss drug [...]
An article last Wednesday about the uncertain future of the bar cars on the Metro-North Railroad referred erroneously to their interiors. They are decorated with wallpaper designed to look like wood paneling; they do not have actual wood paneling. Link Report an error
A photo caption on a World page Monday mischaracterized the exchange between two people during a demonstration on Sunday in East Jerusalem. The masked Palestinian and Orthodox Israeli Jew, a member of Neturei Karta, a fringe anti-Zionist bloc, were in alliance, not opposition. Link Report an error
In late 2007, I wrote a post about an incident of plagiarism at the San Antonio Express-News. I quoted from an article by the paper’s public editor that reported “… veteran E-N sports staffer Harry Page was terminated last week for lifting information — which he presented in his bowling blog as his own — [...]
This is a correction to my most recent column for Columbia Journalism Review: Correction: An earlier version of this column misspelled Craig Kanalley’s last name as Kanally. It’s pretty clear to me why I misspelled Craig’s last name: I didn’t use my checklist when doing a final read of this column. Lesson learned. Go here [...]
An article on Monday about compensation paid to executives of major cultural organizations in New York and some other cities referred incorrectly to pay received recently by executives at the Metropolitan Opera and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The $1.3 million cited for Peter Gelb, general manager of the opera, reflects his total compensation, including [...]
In some editions, an April 26 Style article about an Earth Day concert on the Mall misidentified the “Avatar” characters that some attendees wore costumes to resemble. The blue creatures are called N’avi, not Avi. Link Report an error
Due to an error in transcribing an audio recording of a roundtable, an incorrect quote was attributed to Claire Mackay, of Quantum Financial Services, in the February – March 2010 edition of Professional Planner. Mackay referred to “… planners who are putting their clients’ best interests first, who are not tied to product manufacturers …â€. [...]
In an April 21 story about the U.S. strategy against Iran’s nuclear program, The Associated Press incorrectly reported a press briefing comment by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy. Flournoy said U.S. military action against Iran was “not on the table in the near term,” rather than “off the table in the near term.” [...]
A correction issued by the Huffington Post that was spotted by FishBowl DC: In an embarrassing moment of Freudian word-vomit, we said in Tuesday’s lede that Kal Penn had been ARRESTED when the actor-turned-politico-turned actor had actually been MUGGED (at least we got it right in the article’s body). Despite Kal’s close association with certain [...]
Corrections In “A Woman’s Place Is in the Church,” we reported that Timothy Dolan is a cardinal. In fact, he is archbishop of New York. In “What Went Wrong,” we mistakenly credited the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI. The painter is Suan Seh Foo. And in “Cleaning Up Dirty Police in Russia,” we reported that [...]
In a story April 18 about the investigation of a 1996 complaint against pediatrician Earl B. Bradley who is accused of molesting patients, The Associated Press erroneously reported a comment by Jeffrey M. Fried, the chief executive officer at Beebe Medical Center. Fried described Bradley as “quirky.” He did not say Bradley’s hugging and kissing [...]
The Southland Times incorrectly described 91-year-old Ken Paterson as being the oldest returned serviceman in Wanaka. We have since been advised that Elmslie House resident Percy Wellington, at 99, is older. Report an error
The report, “From Russia with love ? for the party”, on page 6 of the Sunday Morning Post on April 18 misquoted Lilia Yanark as saying the Communist Party had destroyed Russia rather than modernising it. It should have quoted her as saying, “Russian leaders have destroyed the Communist Party instead of modernising it”. Report [...]
Kevin Roderick at LA Observed spotted this recent front page typo in the Los Angeles Times: As Roderick noted: If you’re the Los Angeles Times and you want to go top of page one with a story attacking the credibility of the mayor, you probably shouldn’t misspell credibility in the headline deck. Thanks, Daniel! Report [...]
Paddy Johnson, a Brooklyn-based writer, runs the Art Fag City website. Johnson recently issued a correction/retraction for a post, and it’s more of a “I made a mistake but my larger point still stands” offering: I made a mistake. Yesterday I wrote a post complaining that Marc Schiller had received payment for the marketing he [...]
In early editions of the Guardian of 3 April a news piece reported that a Gloucester resident, Mile Bosnic, had been arrested by British police in pursuance of an extradition request from Croatia. The Croatian authorities, it said, had charged the suspect with crimes including torture and killings of Croats during the Yugoslav conflict of [...]
Free-market barbershops: An April 15 editorial on the Cuban government turning over barbershops and salons to their employees said that since the 1959 revolution, Cuba had “privatized” most of its economy. It should have said “nationalized.” Link Report an error
In last Sunday’s article ‘Gore takes cash for water campaign from chemical firm’ we stated that Al Gore’s environmental organisation had taken money from a chemical company for the Life Earth Water events taking place last week. Neither Al Gore nor his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate protection, are associated with, or sponsored, the [...]
Wealthy families in Britain are a third less likely to have a disabled child, we reported, quoting research findings. The story went on to say that this statistic “revealed an alarming social gradient because poorer families unlucky enough to have such children are pushed further into poverty by the pressures of caring for them, according [...]
In an item in the April 21 “Slatest,” Nicholas Jackson misquoted a CNN article, stating that the new $100 bill includes an embedded “security threat.” It includes an embedded security thread. Link Report an error
Due to a typographical error, an April 19 ”Climate Desk” erroneously stated that a company’s revenues were boosted by more than $500 million. The correct figure is $600,000. Link Report an error
Tony Brendon Jones, 36, was the man sentenced in the Invercargill District Court on Wednesday for assaulting a female in October, not Tony John Jones, as we reported yesterday. Tony John Jones is facing a similar though unrelated charge and his case is yet to be heard. The error is regretted. Report an error
A page 3A story in Wednesday’s paper about a woman who was pistol-whipped should have described the alleged crime as a robbery. The Times-Herald regrets its errors. Link Report an error
