An article in the edition of June 24th, concerning the championships at Wimbledon, referred to the Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters as Walloon-speaking. Walloon is not a language but is the French-speaking region of Belgium. Ms Clijsters comes from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region. Link Report an error
ON June 26, 2010, we published an article on Page 9 of the Scottish Daily Express concerning the grave of ex-footballer Colin Hendry’s late wife, Denise. Quotes attributed to former friend Hector McFarlane, commenting on funeral arrangements and a headstone for Mrs Hendry’s grave, were supplied to us by Watson’s, a Blackpool- based news agency [...]
Referring to John Prescott’s drive to get more new homes built, a comment piece meant to say that Labour’s then deputy prime minister had recognised that, when it comes to brownfield sites, “there is not a finite stock” – because brownfield stock is always being replenished if planning is good. An editing change left this [...]
The print version of this column contained an error introduced by Cecil’s hapless assistant Little Ed, who had the earth turning in the wrong direction. Our apologies to disappointed readers hoping to see the sun rise in the west. Link Thanks, Brett! Report an error
An article on June 13 about the directors Mark and Jay Duplass described their movie “Do-Deca-Pentathlon†incorrectly. The film focuses on warring siblings. It is not a film about a film that focuses on warring siblings. Link Report an error
A music review on Thursday about a concert at the Nokia Theater on Tuesday night by the singer Adam Lambert referred incorrectly to kissing between Mr. Lambert and his bass player, Tommy Joe Ratliff. During the song “Fever,†they licked each other’s lips; Mr. Ratliff did not merely give Mr. Lambert a quick peck on [...]
ON 31 March an article by Richard Fletcher wrongly reported that Richard Griffiths, Chairman of ORA Capital and former Chairman of Evolution Group, has an aversion to regulation because of the number of “run-ins” he has had with City regulators and was now regretting having returned to “regulated life”. We accept and acknowledge that these [...]
The two sub-penthouses on the 51st floor of the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton are priced at $9 million each. A June 19 article about real estate agent Pat Baker incorrectly stated the price at $9 billion each. Link Report an error
Australia’s new leader, Julia Gillard, was described in a leader comment as “the first prime minister anywhere to have been born in Wales since (David) Lloyd George”. A reader notes: “He was born in Manchester, as was the Guardian” (Rudderless, 25 June, page 36). Link Report an error
The Mass Chicken Dance for Ellen starts at 6 p.m. today in front of Kitchener City Hall. Incorrect information appeared in a headline in Wednesday’s Record. Report an error
A June 22 article about G8 security measures in Huntsville incorrectly said that resident Steve Groomes has a gun at the ready should protestors get by the army of police and soldiers scouring the brushes. In fact, what Groomes said in a jovial way was that: “I’ve got an Easton 32 in the house.†The [...]
In this year’s FP500 issue of the Financial Post Magazine, The Independent Order of Foresters was incorrectly identified as one of the five worst-performing companies, in terms of declining annual revenue, among Canada’s 500 largest corporations. In fact, The Independent Order of Foresters’ 2009 revenues substantially increased from 2008 to 2009. The Financial Post Magazine [...]
The Tracee Hamilton column in the June 19 Sports section, about Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, incorrectly referred to former Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard as deceased. Richard, whose record for most strikeouts in a pitcher’s first three starts was broken by Strasburg, is alive. Link Report an error
A preview of the Republican primary for governor in South Carolina in the June 6 A-section incorrectly said that “several men” have alleged that one of the candidates, state Rep. Nikki Haley, committed adultery in affairs with them. Two men have made such an allegation. Link Report an error
A June 14 Photoblog post incorrectly identified a mass of oily material as a single, one-ton tarball found in the Gulf of Mexico. The post has been updated with information from the Coast Guard indicating the object is a “mass of tarball material†made up of many smaller tarballs collected from the gulf. Link Report [...]
Tasmanian Country last week on Page 1 incorrectly gave Graeme and Elizabeth Hudson, of Geeveston, the surname Sullivan and mistakenly referred to Mrs Hudson as Lizzy, a name which, Tasmanian Country now understands, she is not known by. The report also wrongly implied the couple might “forget to feed the cattle” and incorrectly quoted Mrs [...]
Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander continues to beaver away on the corrections beat. (See some of his previous work here.) Yesterday’s column looked at the paper’s less than effective process for enabling readers to report errors: … Many readers have also complained that the Web site doesn’t offer an effortless way to report journalistic errors. [...]
LAST SUNDAY we said prominent Auckland businessman Graeme Clegg, right, unsuccessfully offered a $1 million surety to have his son bailed while awaiting trial. He did not. We acknowledge the position Mr Clegg found himself in as a father estranged from his 36-year-old son and unreservedly apologise for any embarrassment caused to him and his [...]
A Tulsa World Weekend story incorrectly reported the dates of Light Opera Oklahoma’s performance of “Patience.” It runs Friday and Saturday at the PAC. A Thursday Tulsa World death notice incorrectly reported the name of a Ponca City funeral home employee as the deceased. Zac McMinn is not dead. Report an error
In a June 17 “Politics,” John Dickerson misquoted BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg as calling residents of the Gulf “little people.” He called them “small people.” Link Report an error
In an article published on 29 March 2009 (“Labour Peer in standards inquiry”) it was suggested that Brian Healy, a former New Scotland Yard detective, had acted improperly in his handling of a matter for a prominent overseas politician and in the conduct of investigations for other clients. We accept that there was no truth [...]
The June 16 Broadsheet post “Study: Fat Women Starved of Sex” originally stated that “obese men had just as much nookie as average guys.” It should have read, “obese men were just as likely to have had a sexual partner in the last 12 months as average guys.” Link Report an error
BP cleanup costs: In Thursday’s Business section, a chart of BP’s annual profits that accompanied an article about the company’s costs associated with the gulf oil spill used an incorrect scale. The range of the chart’s scale was shown as $1.0 billion to $2.5 billion; it should have been $10 billion to $25 billion. Link [...]
A photo caption June 10 incorrectly stated Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Councillor Carolyn Parrish “butted heads” over the mayor’s legal defence fund. McCallion was not present during the debate, having declared a conflict of interest in the matter. Link Report an error
In Monday’s round-up of birthdays we mistakenly said Robert Kerr, head teacher of Peebles High School, was 63. He in fact died in December 2003. We apologise unreservedly for the error. Report an error
