The Torontoist blog has an interesting story about a man, a would-be burglar, and a series of remarkable photos. Plus, a little bit of copyright infringement.
In July of last year, Joel Charlebois, a Toronto resident, caught a man trying to break into his home. While trying to escape, the man fell from a second floor [...]
An April 27 story on ‘Nightly News’ incorrectly included video of penguins. The report was on a teenager visiting the North Pole. There are no penguins on the North Pole. Link
Read some viewer comments here.
From AP:
CNN said Wednesday that commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China’s leaders not the Chinese people when he described them as a “bunch of goons and thugs,” and apologized to anyone who thought otherwise.
On Tuesday, China demanded an apology for Jack Cafferty’s comments broadcast on CNN, in which he also described Chinese products as [...]
February 7, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Investor Warren Buffett* said at a press event on Wednesday that the the US dollar would be “worth less” if the country continues to run a deficit. Unfortunately, a Dow Jones wire story reported him as saying it would be “worthless.” Buffett then called up CNBC this morning to clarify his statement, which had already [...]
January 24, 2008 – 8:00 am
During ESPN’s coverage of the Australian Open match Jan. 17 between Marcos Baghdatis of the Republic of Cyprus and Marat Safin of Russia, an ESPN map of Cyprus and analyst Cliff Drysdale’s characterizations of it left open the possibility for misinterpretation by not specifying the island’s political situation.
According to Kostas A. Lavdas, professor of [...]
January 3, 2008 – 9:10 am
Public Eye, a blog launched by CBS News in September 2005 with the stated goal of bringing “transparency to the editorial operations of CBS News — transparency that is unprecedented for broadcast and online journalism,” died this week due to the lack of “a sustainable business model.” It was roughly 28 months old.
CBS Interactive cut [...]
January 2, 2008 – 8:00 am
From the AP:
Arkansas star Darren McFadden said Saturday he fully expects to play in the Cotton Bowl after a television report raised questions about his eligibility. Arkansas television station KARK has since backed off the report, apologizing to McFadden and his family.
“It’s something that’s uncalled for — people not getting their facts straight,” said [...]
November 30, 2007 – 8:00 am
It’s not exactly the usual fare for us, but anything that involves a national public broadcaster, puppets, and an apology is simply irresistible. From a story in the Globe And Mail:
CBC has learned the hard way not to mess with puppets, and yesterday officially apologized to Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe.
The Homme [...]
November 28, 2007 – 8:00 am
Valleywag spotted this typo on CNBC:
Then TVNewser added this comment from an ex-employee of CNBC:
I worked there for four years as a producer and after submitting the fullscreen to graphics correctly, occasionally there would be a typo. The only net I have seen without a typo — EVER — is ESPN. It’s amazing how they [...]
November 26, 2007 – 8:00 am
From a post on BBC’s The Editors blog:
…On Thursday we reported that in New York the “Dow Jones was substantially down amidst more credit crunch fears”. That’s odd, many of you told us, as - being Thanksgiving - Wall Street’s finest were on a day-off. Our economics editor Stephanie Flanders was mortified - “unforgivable and [...]
November 23, 2007 – 8:00 am
According to the Nexis file, this apology was delivered on NBC at 7 a.m. yesterday morning:
HODA KOTB, anchor: A correction now. A report some viewers saw Wednesday indicated that former White House aide “Scooter” Libby spent time in jail for his role in the CIA leak case. In fact, President Bush commuted Mr. Libby’s prison [...]
October 24, 2007 – 8:00 am
Background here and here.
TVNewser acquired the memo that ABC News head David Westin sent to staff about the findings of the internal investigation into the work of Alexis Debat, a former consultant with the network. Some relevant excerpts:
…This review was extremely sensitive, as it required going back to confidential sources in this country and abroad. [...]
April 12, 2007 – 10:00 am
After many blogs (Gawker, TV Newser etc.) put out calls for the name of the CBS producer fired this week for plagiarism, David Blum has named her in a story in today’s New York Sun. “In an era when plagiarists get dismissed and outed weekly by their employers at news organizations around the country, the [...]
A producer at CBS News has been fired after plagiarizing from the Wall Street Journal for a video essay on “Couric & Co.,” the Katie Couric/group blog on the CBS News website. AP reports the essay was removed and an editor’s note has been placed on the site. We searched the blog in question [...]
