My Columbia Journalism Review column for this week looks at the recently launched sports site Grantland and some of the problems that have arisen as a result of its lack of a proper feedback process. Here’s an excerpt from the column, and an accompanying Storify is embedded below: … Grantland as it exists today doesn’t [...]
THE Herald has been asked to point out that in a story we carried last week (Woman who changed her wedding day for Take That show is hit by ticket ‘scam’) that Debbie Pickett is in fact employed and does not suffer from chronic back and knee pain. Link to uncorrected article Here’s the offending [...]
WENN acknowledges that it mistakenly facilitated the publication of unfounded allegations regarding the status and professional standing of Omar Amanat, a founding member of the board of directors of Summit Entertainment LLC, the independent studio behind the Twilight Saga trilogy of movies. We have now ascertained that Mr. Amanat not only controls approximately twenty percent [...]
An article described the emergence of “a controversial ‘roadmap’ for reforms” in Syria that would leave Bashar al-Assad in power for now to oversee a secure transition to civil democracy (US pushing for Syrian opposition dialogue with Assad, 1 July, page 1). The plan was signed by Louay Hussein and Maan Abdelsalam, leading intellectuals in [...]
The original version of this article contained several factual errors. Sen. Maria Cantwell’s title at RealNetworks was misstated; she was a senior vice president. The maximum value of her current credit card debt is $50,000, not $150,000. Her assets last year were at least, not almost, $1.1 million. The minimum net worth she reported during [...]
That same article incorrectly said the Princes’ Gates were named in honour of King Edward VIII and King George VI. In fact the gates were named for Edward, Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII, and his brother Prince George, not his brother Prince Albert, who became King George VI. Report an error
The cover article on June 19 about a married couple returning to Provence 40 years after their honeymoon there misstated the circumstances of the car crash in which Albert Camus died in 1960. Camus was not driving the car “home” to Provence from Paris. He was in the front passenger seat, and the car was [...]
An analysis article on April 12 about the first-round playoff series of the National Hockey League erroneously attributed a distinction to the New York Rangers’ coach, John Tortorella, who was suspended for a playoff game two years ago after he squirted water on a Capitals fan. He was not the first N.H.L. coach suspended in [...]
An opinion article on June 26 about the path the Obama administration should take in withdrawing from Afghanistan incorrectly described the end of Richard M. Nixon’s presidency. He resigned; he was not impeached. Link Report an error
