A post on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site suffered from some poor — but amusing! — photo sourcing: The caption really makes the error all the more wonderful. The photo has been fixed, though a correction was not placed on the story. Instead, a Guardian employee posted a corrective comment: There were of course [...]
We reported on June 30 that the driver of a giant dumper truck crushed two colleagues to death while reading a newspaper . The Fatal Accident Inquiry report into the incident found that one of the reasons the deaths might have been avoided was if Alan Shannon [the driver] had paid more attention and in [...]
Here’s a case study in how a story can spread far and wide, causing anger and frustration for the person at the heart of the tale. I became aware of it thanks to this rather vague correction in the Guardian: A Weekend magazine article about a woman who for part of her working life dresses [...]
IN the Buletin Utama report aired on 7.06.2007, the Nightline report aired on 8.06.2007 and the Buletin Pagi report aired on 8.06.2007, we TV3 reported about a suit brought by Syed Ahmad Tun Nasir and his wife, Syarifah Rugayah Binti Ahmad Alsagoff, against the prominent corporate figure, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Halim bin Mohammad (“Tan [...]
In a Dec. 4 hometown lead on the NFL game between Carolina and Tampa Bay, The Associated Press erroneously quoted Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris following a 38-19 loss. The coach, referring to what Morris described as poor play by his team, said: “I can take getting beat by a better football team, which they were.” [...]
A CBS affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. has apologized after it mistakenly announced live on air that Rev. Billy Graham had died. From a story about the mistake by the Charlotte Observer: WBTV (Channel 3) apologized Saturday to the Rev. Billy Graham after the station erroneously reported the evangelist’s death. Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, a producer [...]
ON August 28, 2011, the Sunday Tasmanian published an article under the headline “Taxman tracks Missing Millions” which made serious allegations against Ben Gray, the managing director of TPG Capital Australia. Some readers understood that the article suggested that he was involved in draining away $1.5 billion from Australian bank accounts to a hidden tax [...]
“Said & Done” (Sport, last week, page 6) was wrong to describe Sacha Gaydamak, former owner of Portsmouth FC, as “son of billionaire convicted arms trafficker Arcady”. Mr Gaydamak was cleared of charges relating to arms dealing by the French Supreme Court on 29 April 2011. We apologise for this error. Link Report an error
An obituary last Sunday about Basil D’Oliveira, the South African cricket player, misstated Mr. D’Oliveira’s age when he immigrated to England. He was in his late 20s, not ”well into his 30s.” The obituary also misstated the first year the South African cricket team played an international match after South Africa canceled a visit by [...]
Rural reality TV: In the Dec. 1 Calendar section, an article about reality TV series focusing on rural areas referred to the shows “American Hoggers” and “Lady Hoggers” as “American Joggers” and “Lady Joggers.” Link Report an error
Many of you called to razz us about an embarrassing typo in Friday’s paper. A San Diego drug “wherehouse”? We could blame it on a rogue wherewolf in the newsroom, or even too-tight underwhere, but wear would that get us? Best just to admit it: Our mental hardwhere was on the fritz when we let [...]
Last week (“Blood simple”; November 26th) we referred to Ola Andersson of the Hospital of Halland in Halmstad, Sweden, as being an obstetrician, and female. In fact, he is a neonatologist-a species of paediatrician. Our apologies. Link Report an error
In the Thursday edition of The Greenville News, someone added a vulgar word to a wire story inside the Sports section. We are saddened by this and assure everyone that we will deal appropriately with it. We apologize to our readers and the reporter whose name appeared over the story. John Pittman, executive editor Link [...]
In “Two mullahs went into a bar…” (November 26th) we cited Omid Djalili as a British Muslim comedian. He jokes about, among others, Muslims but is himself a Bahai. Sorry. Link *Correction December 2, 2011: The orignal version of this post’s headline mistakenly used the word “be” instead of “but”. (“Not a Muslim, be he [...]
In an article in today’s preprinted Life section about depression and suicide on Canadian campuses, Queen’s University principal Daniel Woolf is quoted as noticing a growing fear of failure among today’s students. He cited this in connection with rising levels of stress and anxiety, not as a potential cause of suicide, depression or other forms [...]
An article on Wednesday about the expansion of a federal program meant to help some homeowners whose home values have declined sharply misstated, in some editions, the amount of spending power that would be added to the American economy if 10 million more homeowners refinanced and saved an average of $200 a month. It is [...]
I came across two notable articles that both offer guidance on how journalists should handle (and debunk) misinformation provided by sources. Both cited a recent ad from the Mitt Romney campaign that included a falsehood. So, as the story from Nieman Watchdog Project asks, “When candidates lie, what’s a political reporter to do?” From Dan [...]
An obituary of Richard Scott, the former chair of the Scott Trust, contained errors. The obituary stated that CP Scott was the editor of the Manchester Guardian from 1871 to 1932, when in fact he retired in 1929, to be succeeded by his son Ted. In an appreciation of Richard Scott it was stated that [...]
IN Saturday”s Liverpool Echo we reported on a fork lift truck driver who tested positive for drugs after crashing into a worker at the Jaguar Land Rover site, in Halewood. The report stated the incident happened just 24 hours after Graham Begley died in an accident at the factory and included a picture of Mr [...]
A photo published on page A6 on Saturday incorrectly identified a drunk Toast Martinborough reveller who turned a firehose on the crowd. The man who appeared in Masterton District Court was Daniel Michael Lockyer. However the photograph published was in fact that of Lachlan McHattie, a Masterton builder who runs Lockstar Construction. Mr McHattie has [...]
This morning’s edition of The Gazette, the English language daily in Montreal, included a front page error: the paper listed an incorrect team when reporting the score of yesterday’s Grey Cup CFL game. (This is kind of like getting a team wrong when listing the final score of the Super Bowl.) The paper listed the [...]
A PICTURE accompanying our story about window cleaner Graeme Dust,who was jailed for six years for trying to have his wife NIna killed, was not of her but was, in fact, a photograph of a person with no involvement in the case. A normally reliable agency supplied the photograph of a lady we have since [...]
THE Daily Dispatch reported on the front page yesterday that Education Department chief director Zoleka Makina had been suspended on charges of non-performance. This is not correct. The chief director who is facing charges for non-performance is Nosipho Skenjana. Makina resigned from the department to join the Department of Agriculture. We regret the error and [...]
An SMS published in this column on Wednesday, November 23, contained comments that reflected adversely on the personal and professionalreputation of Central Highlands Regional Council employee, Luke Lankowski. This particular SMS was published in error. The Central QueenslandNews does not in any way endorse these comments. The Central Queensland News unreservedly retracts the comments and [...]
A front-page story (19 November) about the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s investigation into the shooting of Mark Duggan carried a seriously misleading headline in print and online. The story detailed developments in the IPCC investigation, which include findings that show there is no forensic evidence that Duggan was carrying a gun when shot, and that [...]
