An amusing item from the Guardian’s Media Monkey: There’s a new mea culpa culture at the Financial Times. Weeks after the newspaper printed the word “Murdock” on a front-page sub headline about the News Corp boss’s appearance at the media select committee, the repercussions at the pink’un go on. Martin Dickson, the deputy editor, who [...]
THE Australian yesterday published an opinion piece by Glenn Milne (“PM a lost cause for warring unions”, Page 14) that included assertions about the conduct of the Prime Minister. The Australian acknowledges these assertions are untrue. The Australian also acknowledges no attempt was made by anyone employed by, or associated with, The Australian to contact [...]
An article in Platell’s People on July 30 wrongly repeated a suggestion that Ms Swinson had claimed for make-up on her expenses. We are happy to make clear that she had not made such claims and apologise for suggesting otherwise. Link Thanks, Tabloid Watch! Report an error
An article on Aug. 14 about the Greek island of Hydra, which has become a stronghold of contemporary artists, misstated the distance of the island from Athens and the body of water that diners at a taverna there would have seen. It is about 45 miles from Athens, not 120 miles, and the taverna would [...]
A story with the headline ‘Lingerie buyer at BTs settles case over dismissal’ published in yesterday’s Irish Independent was accompanied by a photograph captioned ‘Former Brown Thomas buyer Mary Mullin leaves the High Court in Dublin’. In fact, the photograph was that of Ms Aoife Newton, solicitor for IBEC. We are happy to clarify this [...]
HKR Architects is restructuring its business and moving its headquarters to London, as correctly reported in Home News yesterday. However, in an article in the Property supplement, it was stated that the firm had gone into liquidation. That is not the case and the company continues to trade in Ireland, the UK and internationally. We [...]
LAST week’s story about a solar recharging system for the Ford Focus stated the solar panels would be mounted on the roof of the car. This was misleading, as the panels are planned to be mounted on the roof of the owner’s house. A similar correction appeared by the Sydney Morning Herald, though the correction [...]
An article from Music Week that explains a recent, embarrassing error made by the publication: So, here’s what happened… Music Week recently conducted an interview with the utterly charming and mind-blowingly successful songwriter RedOne. For quite a lengthy period he talked about how he had recently been in the studio with Dive Bella Dive, One [...]
Thanks to Tabloid Watch, a great blog in the U.K., I was made aware of a series of notable recent corrections/apologies in the Daily Mail. Here they are, in order of appearance. And here’s a related Toronto Star column from me: An article on March 30 attributed four controversial appeal decisions to Lord Justice Sedley. [...]
A story on page I1 Saturday said the sister of interior designer Darlene Provost, Lynn Dunn (nee Provost), had died after battling cancer. That information was incorrect. Thanks, Doug! Report an error
I’m taking some time off, so look for new posts on Monday. In the meantime, please send along any notable errors/corrections. Report an error
A story in the Aug. 23 Spectator about the late Jack Layton’s language skills reported that he spoke Quebec French rather than Persian French. That should have been Parisian French. Thanks, Nicole! Report an error
Reuters recently carried a report about Abercrombie & Fitch offering money to Jersey Shore star The Situation to stop wearing its clothes. Here’s how the report began: Teen clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF.N) has offered money to get away from what it sees as an undesirable Situation. The preppy retailer has offered to [...]
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, was incorrectly accused of speaking with “‘hypernasality’ – a constantly bunged-up timbre” in a commentary headlined Surgery can’t fix Ed’s voice (30 July, page 33). That should have been hyponasality. Report an error
An article in Friday’s Life section incorrectly identified Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi. Report an error
A photo caption on page B1 Sunday with a story about WynSpring Family Resource Center’s Diva Day incorrectly identified Chayil McFalls as a former foster child who has been adopted. Chayil, 6, who has never been in foster care, attended the event as a volunteer. Link Report an error
The picture caption accompanying ‘ How first a marriage then a political career were ended’ (22 January 2011) incorrectly identified the plain-clothes policeman appearing in the picture between Mr Johnson and his wife, as DC Paul Rice, who it was alleged had an affair with Mrs Johnson. In fact the picture was of Sergeant Paul [...]
An obituary on Wednesday about Ralph D. Albertazzie, the pilot of Air Force One during the Nixon administration, referred imprecisely to one mission he flew. In July 1971 he flew Henry A. Kissinger to Pakistan and another pilot secretly flew Mr. Kissinger on another plane from there to China, where he discussed plans for President [...]
IN A story published in Thursday’s newspaper we used the phrase “mental patient.” We accept that this was an insensitive term and should not have been used. We apologise for any distress caused. Report an error
“Ecuador asks: how much is the rainforest worth?” (News Review, last week) said a new oil field had been found in Yasuni national park “close to the Brazilian border”. Ecuador and Brazil do not share a border. The park borders Peru. Link Report an error
A notice from the AP: The mayor of Vilnius acknowledged Tuesday distributing a deliberately altered picture to The Associated Press and other news organizations intended to dramatize his anti-parking campaign, an image that then was published in newspapers around world. The AP withdrew the photo, transmitted on Aug. 3, and notified its customers of the [...]
On July 12, 2011, in an article titled “Detective to Sue News of the World Publisher,” we reported that Jonathan Rees murdered his former business partner, Daniel Morgan. This statement is not true, and was published by us notwithstanding that it is wholly incorrect. We did not contact Mr Rees before the article was published [...]
An obituary of Professor John Hospers stated that he was the first openly gay candidate for US president. However wide the currency of that belief, his family has asked us to make clear that it strenuously denies that he was gay (14 July, page 35). Link Report an error
It was difficult enough that the Vancouver Canucks were grieving their former player Rick Rypien, who died suddenly on Monday at 27 after a history of depression. Imagine their feelings when they saw a quote from the Toronto Star’s obit on Rypien that seemed to show GM Mike Gillis calling Rypien “crazy.” The Star’s story [...]
An article on Sunday about economic policy discussions within the Obama administration omitted, in some copies, the word ”only” from a quotation by Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director. In noting that the administration does not see deficits and jobs as an either-or choice, Mr. Pfeiffer said that ”it would be political folly to [...]
