ON August 3 this year the Daily Mirror published an article regarding the death of Miss Catherine Zaks, aged 21, in Krakow, Poland. The article contained claims that Miss Zaks, from Robertsbridge, East Sussex, abused drugs and had engaged in casual sex following the break-up of a long-term relationship. Miss Zaks’ parents have pointed out [...]
An obituary of the film-maker George Kuchar was illustrated with a photograph that did not show him, as the caption said, but his twin brother, Mike (20 October, page 35). Link Report an error
In a Nov. 3 story about a Texas judge who was secretly videoed beating his teenage daughter, The Associated Press misquoted the judge’s ex-wife. She blamed the violence on his addiction not his addition. Link Report an error
The Los Angeles Times has been hearing complaints from readers about typos and grammatical errors. The feedback was mentioned in this piece. Just about every newspaper these days gets complaints of that nature, and it’s good that readers speak up. But what’s notable about the Times story is the information offered up in response by [...]
Lose a letter, change the meaning (big time): (They’re missing the “l” in clocks…) Charles Apple has identified the culprit as the News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio. He also says the error was in Friday’s paper. Thanks, @denverdiatribe! Report an error
Here’s a retraction/apology from Daniel Avila, a policy advisor for Marriage and Family at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, for this recent column by him in the Boston Pilot: Statements made in my column, ‘Some fundamental questions on same-sex attraction’ of October 28, do not represent the position of the United States Conference [...]
In our article on Europe’s bail-out plan (“No big bazooka”, October 29th 2011) we incorrectly said that Greece’s partners would have to lend €100 billion more than the €109 billion they promised in July. In fact they plan to lend €130 billion in total. Sorry. Link Report an error
A critic’s notebook article on Monday about an academic conference at the University of Chicago on the television show ”Jersey Shore” referred imprecisely to a comment made by Candace Moore, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan who spoke about the friendship between Vinny and Pauly D. She linked the quest for ”stranger sex” [...]
PJ Media thought they had a huge scoop about aspiring Republican nominee Herman Cain. It relied on unnamed sources. It talked about a woman going home with Cain and waking up in his bed the next morning. It cited a source who said she saw the two get into a taxi. Here’s the offending paragraph [...]
IN yesterday’s report concerning three fatal road traffic accidents, a photograph purportedly of Aoife Ivers, who was injured in an accident near Portumna, was in fact of her friend, Gemma Hayde. Ms Hayde was not involved in the accident. We are happy to correct the position and apologise for any confusion caused. A picture in [...]
IN the Carmarthen Journal dated October 19 a report was published with the headline “Drug addict tried to steal cash from her grandfather” it was stated that Laura Jean Davies of Park Hall stole from her grandfather. This was not the case. We are happy to clarify and apologise for any upset or embarrassment caused. [...]
Our September 2011 issue contained several errors of fact. The article about Rick Perry’s political career ["The Great Campaigner"] stated that Perry has won ten contested elections. The correct number is eleven. (The 1990 Republican primary for agriculture commissioner was inadvertently omitted from our list.) Kenneth Neighbours, Perry’s opponent in the 1984 Democratic primary for [...]
In our report on the inquest into the death of Amy Winehouse in last Thursday’s Metro, we said she was ‘five times over’ the drink-drive limit. In fact, the singer had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood, five times the limit of 80mg, or four times over the limit. Report an error
I recently blogged the fact that the Daily Mail, a paper that has long distinguished itself by issuing remarkable apologies for highly questionable reporting, decided to introduce a regular corrections column. We’re a couple of weeks into it and, as expected, there have been some gems. It’s a positive move for the paper to standardize [...]
A recipe for honey nut banana muffins included a comment that “you may want to add a little fried fruit to the mix . . . to make the flavour more interesting”. Dried fruit, that should be (How to bake, 29 October, page 93, Weekend). Link Report an error
In stories July 12 and Oct. 27 on the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over claims of sexual misconduct, The Associated Press reported that his attorney, Ben Emmerson, said in July that the women involved in the case may have found sex with his client “disrespectful, discourteous or disturbing,” but added that it [...]
A few years ago, Slate exposed a Texas weekly called the Bulletin for being perhaps the first newspaper to pursue plagiarism as a standard operating procedure. The paper published article after article that had been stolen from elsewhere. It closed down soon after being outed. So what will happen to Reader Magazine, “Southern California’s best [...]
