An apology from the Express Tribune of Pakistan: We regret the inadvertent publication of the article titled “Shia-Sunni reconciliation” by Saleem Ali in our print edition of December 9, 2011 and subsequently on our website. The article was published without exercising proper editorial judgment. We apologise for the mistake and to our readers whose religious [...]
ON December 6 under the headline Xmas dinner Is On pounds 1m Lotto Win Coach, we wrongly reported that Mr Paul Trainor (right) had won a pounds 1million Lottery prize. In fact the prize was won by another person. Mr Trainor does not work at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, nor did he [...]
After Caolan Mulrooney, a 19 year-old student in Cork, Ireland, went missing after a night out with friends, the community rallied together to look for him. The search was still on this past Sunday when the Irish Mail on Sunday reported that Mulrooney had been found dead. In fact, his body wasn’t found until a [...]
Here’s a forthright and detailed apology from the editor of the Anniston Star: A newspaper story dutifully crossing its “T’s” and dotting its “I’s” can be a powerful tool in a community, a force for tremendous good. When it gets key facts wrong, however, it can inflict tremendous harm. In the case of one Tuesday [...]
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 [...]
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
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
My main job at the moment is as editorial director of OpenFile, an online news organization operating in six Canadian cities. Late yesterday afternoon, I spent about an hour helping draft a blog post that would offer an apology and explanation for readers about why we had to remove a story just a few minutes [...]
In a piece sketching the Leveson inquiry, we incorrectly stated that the Sun newspaper sent a reporter to the home of a junior counsel to the inquiry. The Sun did not send a reporter to the barrister’s home. We apologise for the error and any suggestion that there was an intention by the Sun to [...]
THE Express Advocate, in the issues of September 20 and October 21, reported on an incident involving Ourimbah rugby league coach Adam McEwen following the Central Coast Cup grand final match and his subsequent appearance at a Central Coast Division of Rugby League judiciary committee hearing. We reported that Mr McEwen received a severe warning [...]
The office of the Press Ombudsman has directed The Sunday Independent to apologise to Credit Ombudsman Manie van Schalkwyk for falsely stating in a sub-headline that he was being investigated for corruption. Van Schalkwyk lodged a complaint with the Press Ombudsman about a story headlined “Hawks investigate complaints – Allegations of a conflict of interest [...]
In our article last week about Sir Andrew Cahn, the new chairman of the UK advisory board of Chinese telecoms company Huawei, we said he had stepped down from his previous job as head of UK Trade & Investment with a £1.2 million pay-off. This was not true. He retired from UKTI at the normal [...]
On Wednesday, the Nelson Mail published an article about the payment of bonuses to Nelson City Council staff, headlined “Council clarifies definition of bonus”. We accept that the article could have given the impression that the council’s chief executive, Keith Marshall, had made misleading statements concerning staff payments. Mr Marshall has made clear, and we [...]
On Sunday, October 16 we carried a story titled “Hopefuls test the waters as Kibaki bids farewell” in which we named and quoted the Grand National Party member Mwangi Makanga, declaring his interest in the Othaya parliamentary seat. We have since learnt Makanga died in a road accident after the interview. The story was based [...]
After receiving complaints from members of the gay and transgendered community, The Huffington Post removed a poll from its website that asked readers to vote on who has more of a “Tranny Look” between Sofia Vergara and Blake Liveley. The post/poll included quotes from the two women confessing that they each sometimes look like a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An apology sent out by email to members of the IEEE and readers of its weekly Tech Alert email newsletter: Dear Members and Readers, Please accept our sincere apologies for the headline in today’s Tech Alert: “With the Arduino, Now Even Your Mom Can Program.” The actual title of the article is “The Making of [...]
In the Irish Independent Sports Section on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 allegations were published about a person, whom we now know as Oliver Scully of Kilkeeran, Portarlington, Co Offaly. The Irish Independent unreservedly apologies for any impression given of any improper behaviour, misconduct or otherwise on the part of Mr Scully, who was a mentor [...]
