Happy Hanukkah!
Jews for Jesus and Chosen People Ministries are Christian groups that seek to convert Jews. They were incorrectly described in a headline on Tuesday as Jewish groups. Report an error
Archive for December 2010
Worth reading: The Fact-Checking Explosion
The fact-checking explosion may have begun in 2004 after the media's initially flat-footed response to the attacks on Sen. John Kerry by the group that called itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (see Campaign Trail Veterans for Truth," December 2004/January 2005). But the just-completed 2010 election featured fact-checking on steroids. A bitterly divided electorate and [...]
Apology
Two articles have recently been published in Money Marketing making accusations that Barclays has deliberately delayed the payment of cheques of a number of its customers as part of a corporate strategy to enable it to offer its own investment services. Following further investigations of these allegations it has become clear these claims are not [...]
Bad for business
THE Mercury wishes to clarify that an article appearing in the November 20 edition which quoted Sposabella Bridal owner Bercin Romanos did not intend to infer that her shop sold copies of designer gowns. Report an error
Lose the word, lose the meaning
A Names & Faces item in the Nov. 27 Style section, about a Johns Hopkins University course based on the HBO drama series "The Wire," misquoted the show's creator, David Simon, who visited the class this semester. According to Simon and the Baltimore Sun, he responded to a student's question about hopeful signs for her [...]
Readers go to town on Guardian typo
Tina followers went to town on a caption that appeared in early editions of Saturday's paper (Wealthy Swiss threaten to leave if their taxes are raised, 27 November, page 32). Among the examples: "I am pleased to read today that Tuna Turner may be seeking a move from the land-locked tax haven of Switzerland . [...]
Fuzzy numbers etc.
THE Bulletin wishes to clarify that the new rockpool at Southport Broadwater Parklands cost Gold Coast City Council $3 million to build, not $50 million as reported in yesterday's edition. At the official opening on Saturday Mayor Ron Clarke told the Bulletin the rockpool had cost $50 million. The entire Parklands development, including the rockpool, [...]
