A Macy’s advertisement featuring Miami Heat merchandise was mistakenly published June 13 on page 11D in some editions of The Miami Herald. We regret the error and apologize for any inconvenience. The offending ad was for Heat championship merchandise (click for larger): Kind of incredible, considering the Heat wouldn’t have been champions even if they [...]
A report from the Independent (UK): Jacob Rees-Mogg, the tweedy Conservative candidate for the new parliamentary seat of North-East Somerset, has been caught red-handed trying to rip off the Sun newspaper in his latest campaign leaflet. Rees-Mogg – who, as the son of the former Times editor Lord Rees-Mogg, should perhaps know better – admitted [...]
Editor’s note: A page about Hong Kong in the June 1 issue that was marked “feature” is actually a paid advertisement, not produced in The Times newsroom, and was erroneously printed without the words “paid advertisement” on it. Advertisements that are displayed in a manner that may confuse or mislead readers into believing what they [...]
Advertisements offering discounted electronic goods in the name of ‘NTM Trading’ appeared in The Independent Saturday magazine on 16 February and the New Review in The Independent on Sunday on 17 February. The advertisements were published in good faith but it has now emerged that a company in whose name the advertisement was placed says [...]
An advertisement for the Guardian and Observer’s new digital archive, which ran in the paper on November 3, 5 and 6, said, in error, that three US presidents were assassinated between 1821 and 1975; in fact four were assassinated during that time. Link Report an error
From the Meadow Lake Progress of Saskatchewan: In the October 28 issue in the Meadow Lake Golf Club ad it read Skyladdies in stock. It should have read “Skycaddies now in stock”. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Report an error
