TMZ and Jackson coverage: An article in Friday’s Section A about how gossip website TMZ scooped the mainstream media, including the Los Angeles Times, on the news of Michael Jackson’s death said The Times bannered the news on its website at 2:51 p.m. Thursday. In fact, the home-page banner went up at approximately 3:15 p.m. [...]
An article entitled "When bankruptcy trustees ‘run amok,’ " published on page B6 of the June 24, 2009, edition of The Globe and Mail, contained a statement that judicial officials have ruled that Mr. Edward White, who is a licensed trustee in bankruptcy, "lied to regulators." That is incorrect. A statement to that effect was [...]
I can’t vouch for when this appeared in the Argus Observer, but it appears to be a legit scan of a correction:
Thanks, David and Criggo.com!
A story Sunday about a casting call for the game show "Deal or No Deal" in East Hanover erroneously stated that Kathy Shasa, of Rockaway, named her son Duncan because of her love of Dunkin’ Donuts. It was actually her cat that was named Duncan. Shasa’s last name was also misspelled as "Shaysa."
A news brief reported that a California couple arrived home to find a bear eating a 2lb box of chocolates purloined from their fridge. A sheriff’s sergeant added that the bear had also tried without success to open a bottle of champagne. Our headline – Bear necessity: couple catch chocaholic grizzly, 30 June, page 17 [...]
In a television review published on 21 April of a programme entitled The Tattie Howkers, which dealt with issues surrounding migrant agricultural workers, we stated: "There are still agricultural workers coming to Scotland from countries such as Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. They’re brought over by recruitment bosses such as Bernard Gaughan – grandson of Irish [...]
Bikie death: "Rebel Rick" Roberts’ death in Canberra in March was the result of a domestic dispute and not, as we wrongly wrote, part of a wave of apparent revenge attacks following a brawl between bikies at Sydney Airport (Bikie world pulls in viewers, Agenda, page 62, June 27).
The Night Out column last Sunday, about the actress Betty White, misstated the name of the television show on which she played beer pong with the host. It was “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” not “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Link
AN article in yesterday’s Geelong Advertiser incorrectly reported that Cindy Gambino overdosed on analgesics in an attempt to commit suicide. The Geelong Advertiser has been assured by Ms Gambino that at no stage did she consider harming herself. The Geelong Advertiser sincerely apologises for the error and for any distress it may have caused.
In the Cover Story on Sasol (June 19), it was stated that senior executive Riaan Rademan had been suspended and was facing disciplinary proceedings. This is not true in any respect. We apologise to Rademan and Sasol for the mistake.
AN ARTICLE entitled "Charged for giving his kids’ mum AIDS" was published on May 19, 2008 concerning Mr Brian Montgomery. The article was incorrectly accompanied by a photograph of Mr Mark Ryan. The Daily Telegraph apologises unreservedly for any embarrassment or hurt to feelings suffered by Mr Ryan as a result of the publication.
The headline on our obituary of Charlie Mariano yesterday, page 30, wrongly referred to the American-born saxophonist and nadaswaram player as a "globe-trotting jazz trumpeter". Link
Kris DeRego, the news editor at Ka Leo, the student paper at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been fired after the paper looked through his previous work and found a trail of fabricated sources and factual errors. From the paper’s report:
In a review of all stories written for Ka Leo between January 2008 [...]
Because of a reporter’s error, Bill Husted’s column on Page 3B on Sunday contained an item about a tombstone for "Elway the Drug Sniffing Dog." The tombstone was digitally fabricated for a blog and does not exist. Link
Correction: Because of incomplete information supplied by the city, an item in Thursday’s "g" erroneously reported that admission to tomorrow’s Rose Garden Party at the Kelleher Rose Garden is free. Tickets are $125.
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In today’s paper a reference to the wealth of Windsor Conservative MP Adam Afriyie was based on an email from his chief of staff, Russell Walters. Mr Walters has now told us he made a mistake in mentioning figures without discussing it with Mr Afriyie beforehand, for which he has now apologised to Mr Afriyie. [...]
Because of a transcription error, an article last Monday about the rivalry between Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of News Corporation, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, misquoted Mr. Murdoch’s response to the prime minister, who accused Mr. Murdoch of conducting personal attacks on him through the media. Mr. Murdoch said he did not [...]
AN ARTICLE entitled Class Wins IMO Battle Over Standards Self-Assessment (Lloyd’s List, June 12), contained an error regarding the amount of time that Lloyd’s Register, the classification society, argued it might take to verify full compliance to global standards under an original, now discarded plan. The estimated time span was up to 10 years, not [...]
A brief report in the Inside the List column last Sunday about the crime writer Michael Connelly misstated the history of an apartment he once rented as a studio. It was used in the making of the 1973 film version of Raymond Chandler’s “Long Goodbye.” It was not the former apartment of [...]
On October 4, 2008, The Age published an article under the headline "Cosmetic surgery rules cop flack". The article reported on new rules implemented by the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS) requiring disclosure by ACCS members to prospective recipients of invasive surgery. The article included a photograph of Dr Cynthia Weinstein and reproduced quotations [...]
Children as young as 14 who took part in a Colmar Brunton research project were not shown footage of rape, sadism or "graphic" violence, as reported on December 4. Forty-four teenagers aged 14 to 17 participated. Consent was gained from their parents, who had already viewed the clips, taken from eight films or television programmes. [...]
WE incorrectly stated (Page 18, June 18) that Kieran Blackwell had raped Cheryl Camm before beating her to death. He was never accused of rape but was jailed for murder. It was also stated that he had attacked another woman, Stacey Glenn, and raped a 19 year old on separate occasions. Though these allegations were [...]
Gary Doer, the Premier of Manitoba, was incorrectly identified as Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan, in a photo caption on the front page of some editions of yesterday’s newspaper.
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A column entitled "It must be asked: Did Danny have a power play?" published on page B2 of the Feb. 19, 2009, edition of The Globe [...]
The Summer Pubs booklet distributed with the paper on 13 June contained some errors. The entry for The Bell Inn at Castle Hedingham (page 59) said that Mighty Oak beers are brewed in Mauldon, when Maldon, in Essex, was meant. The pub also sells Mauldon beers, brewed in Suffolk. The Old White Hart in Lyddington [...]
An article published on Page A1 Wednesday about an unfinished home in Columbia Township contained incorrect information about Amy and Chris Dickerson. The article incorrectly stated that Amy Dickerson filed for bankruptcy in 2008. That is not true. The article also said there was a judgment against the Dickersons relating to a civil case with [...]
