… The Star published 328 corrections in 2010, down slightly from 347 in 2009. While no journalist is ever pleased about any errors, that’s less than one identified published error for every day the Star publishes. Not a bad track record given that we publish the equivalent of a book daily. On the accuracy front, [...]
An article last Sunday about regulations in Britain aimed at reducing the environmental effects of excess packaging misstated the number of tons of carbon dioxide emissions that were saved as a result of a voluntary government program to reduce food and packaging waste. The amount was 3.6 million tons, not 3.6 tons. Link Report an [...]
In recent weeks, NPR hosts, reporters and guests have incorrectly said or implied that WikiLeaks recently has disclosed or released roughly 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. Although the website has vowed to publish "251,287 leaked United States embassy cables," as of Dec. 28, 2010, only 1,942 of the cables had been released. Link NPR's ombudsman has [...]
