The forest commonly known as Woodpecker will be called Arapuke in future. The name was incorrectly spelt Arapuki in Palmerston North City Council discussion leaflets last year, and the Manawatu Standard repeated the error in an article in yesterday’s paper. The mistake was pointed out by historian Ian Argyle, who advocated for the name. Arapuki [...]
An article on April 17 about the Niles Canyon railway stated incorrectly the type of oil the Niles Canyon train runs on. It is Bunker C oil, not bunker seed oil. Link Report an error
An article on Monday about sentiment among local officials and residents in Ossining, N.Y., in favor of closing the Sing Sing prison misstated the current occupation of Richard Wishnie, who said, ”They would never have built a maximum-security prison in a place like this today.” He is a lobbyist, not a Westchester County legislator. (Mr. [...]
In a story April 29 featuring updates about the royal wedding, The Associated Press erroneously identified a woman dressed as a bride and holding a sign saying “Will, it’s not too late!” as Brenda Hunt-Stevenson. It was not her. Link Report an error
In the Wednesday, April 28, 2011, article, Downtown gallery divides council again, it was stated that museum curator Maria Ricker was “joking” with Mayor Pat Sobeski just hours before Tuesday’s art gallery announcement. Sobeski was not present during this discussion and did not talk to Ricker until the later press conference. Community services director Bob [...]
On April 28th, The Coast published an article online and in print, regarding Dr. Stan Kutcher. In that article, The Coast referenced, without limitation or criticism, statements to the effect that, Dr. Kutcher, being one of the authors of a research paper, distorted the outcome measures and essentially lied. The Coast retracts those statements and [...]
San Diego CityBeat spotted this unique and somewhat confusing correction to a press release from the San Diego Democratic Club: Our recent [today] press release mistakenly quoted Eric Banks of SEIU Local 221 as saying “while Lorena may consider herself a woman in the body of a gay man, I am the only openly gay [...]
This screenshot of the Fox News website is making the rounds online (click for larger): Thanks, M-J! Report an error
Star magazine featured a rare cover line on its most recent issue: “Star Apologizes to Katie Holmes – Inside.” No, you don’t see magazines, let alone gossips magazines, trumpet corrections/apologies on the cover. When it happens, you can bet there were some serious errors made about someone with access to good lawyers. Here’s the resulting [...]
