The Guardian published articles about Aston Villa which contained a number of inaccuracies that might have led some readers to believe that Martin O’Neill’s management of the football club cost “phenomenal” sums of money with very little by way of success and that as a result he was justifiably dismissed without compensation. We accept that [...]
Our article “Chelsea hit by Essien blow on first day back” (9 July 2011) suggested that the Chelsea’s then Medical Director, Dr Bryan English, had been sacked by the club because his medical staff failed correctly to diagnose injuries to key players. We now accept that these allegations were untrue and apologise to Dr English [...]
In “Behind the Scenes” (October) we made an unfortunate joke about CKUA’s funding drive. We apologize for this ill-advised humour and regret any false impression it may have created. CKUA is a responsible steward of its listeners’ donations; gifts are used wisely and ethically towards the production of original and unique programming. Money generated during [...]
IN OUR briefing last week on women and the Arab awakening (“Now is the time”), we said that Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s Nahda party, opposes the country’s liberal code of individual rights, the Code of Personal Status, and its prohibition of polygamy. We also said that he has threatened to hang a prominent [...]
The Daily Mirror would like to apologise to Julie Kirkbride and Andrew MacKay for the article which appeared in yesterday’s paper. We acknowledge that Miss Kirkbride was cleared of any wrongdoing over her expenses by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and that Mr MacKay, whilst criticised by the Commissioner over his expense claims, acted completely [...]
The Daily Mail apologised in court yesterday for wrongly identifying, in a one-paragraph item in the Ephraim Hardcastle column, Lady Moore, the wife of Sir Roger Moore, as the subject of a Spectator column by Taki about a Swedish beauty who had courted rich men on the French Riviera in the 1950s. We accepted that [...]
An article on 19 March suggested that actor Neil Morrissey had been banned from a French bar for drunken behaviour and encouraging binge-drinking, and that his property was worth £500,000. While we were shown a poster which indicated that he had been barred, we now accept that none of these allegations are correct. We also [...]
ON 16 August, 2009, we published an article concerning well known businessman, Gary McCausland, which wrongly suggested that Mr McCausland may have tried to renege on his parental responsibilities and that he failed in his obligation to pay child maintenance. We accept that Mr McCausland honoured his legal and parental duties, and that it was [...]
Irish broadcaster RTÉ issued an apology late last week that attempts to make up for a report that wrongly accused a priest of raping a minor and fathering a child as a result of that crime. After the report aired in May, Kevin Reynolds, the priest in question, was removed from his post with the [...]
Charles Apple, who writes a great blog about visual journalism for the American Copy Editors Society, spotted a major apology in the Northern Star, the student paper at the Northern Illinois University. The apology is for an offensive cartoon that made reference to shootings that occurred at the school in 2008. Apple has the offending [...]
See my previous post about the mistakes made by the Daily Mail, the Sun and others. After being criticized and mocked for publishing an online article that declared Amanda Knox had been found guilty of murder, the Daily Mail published a story to explain what happened. The paper apologized for the mistake, and also noted [...]
AN article on 16 August reported that Manchester United footballer Tom Cleverley had begged a girl for sex after meeting her at a night club, even though he was dating a Page 3 model. In fact, entirely unknown to the girl it now transpires that the man involved, who looked like Tom Cleverley, was impersonating [...]
In our obituary yesterday of David Croft, we mistakenly said his wife Ann had also passed away. We wish to make clear that this was wrong and we apologise for the error. Report an error
On Monday, 26 September, we published an article which claimed that Katie Price was involving her son, Junior, in violent pursuits and that this was of deep concern to her ex-husband, Peter Andre. In fact our story was incorrect and Katie has simply taken Junior to a noncontact fun fitness class designed by MMA trainer [...]
In July 2010 and thereafter, we reported on two local pain management clinics that were raided by federal agents and were being investigated for being “pill mills.” In connection with those reports both on the air and on our website, we reported that George H.G. Hall, a retired executive and now college professor and practicing [...]
In an article published on 4 September headlined “Kirk seeks peace deal over Loch Lomond vendetta” it was stated that the Church of Scotland had intervened in a dispute between the Reverend Dr Dane Sherrard and a local entrepreneur Denice Purdie over a visitor centre at Luss. It was also stated that the Reverend Norman [...]
THE Echo would like to apologise for last week’s page 13 article entitled ‘For Sale’ sign Goes Up On All Council Services. A quote from the council’s chief executive Geoff Parker should have read: “This is the first response looked at concerning a report last November talking about the level of reductions (facing the council) [...]
The Western Star published a letter to the editor on July 12, 2011, under the heading ‘Klein a disgrace’. The headline was inappropriate and unfair as the letter writer had expressed the view that a perceived action by the Maranoa Regional Council – not Mr Klein – had been disgraceful. We regret the wording of [...]
In Eugene McGee’s article on Monday, August 15, 2011, headed ‘DIRT ON THE SOLE OF THEIR SHOE’ concerning the CCCC’s decision concerning Wexford goalkeeperAnthony Masterson, it was incorrectly stated that the above-mentioned CCCC members were involved in deliberations which led to that decision. In fact, these CCCC members had no involvement whatsoever in such deliberations. [...]
THE Australian yesterday published an opinion piece by Glenn Milne (“PM a lost cause for warring unions”, Page 14) that included assertions about the conduct of the Prime Minister. The Australian acknowledges these assertions are untrue. The Australian also acknowledges no attempt was made by anyone employed by, or associated with, The Australian to contact [...]
An article in Platell’s People on July 30 wrongly repeated a suggestion that Ms Swinson had claimed for make-up on her expenses. We are happy to make clear that she had not made such claims and apologise for suggesting otherwise. Link Thanks, Tabloid Watch! Report an error
HKR Architects is restructuring its business and moving its headquarters to London, as correctly reported in Home News yesterday. However, in an article in the Property supplement, it was stated that the firm had gone into liquidation. That is not the case and the company continues to trade in Ireland, the UK and internationally. We [...]
Thanks to Tabloid Watch, a great blog in the U.K., I was made aware of a series of notable recent corrections/apologies in the Daily Mail. Here they are, in order of appearance. And here’s a related Toronto Star column from me: An article on March 30 attributed four controversial appeal decisions to Lord Justice Sedley. [...]
The picture caption accompanying ‘ How first a marriage then a political career were ended’ (22 January 2011) incorrectly identified the plain-clothes policeman appearing in the picture between Mr Johnson and his wife, as DC Paul Rice, who it was alleged had an affair with Mrs Johnson. In fact the picture was of Sergeant Paul [...]
On July 12, 2011, in an article titled “Detective to Sue News of the World Publisher,” we reported that Jonathan Rees murdered his former business partner, Daniel Morgan. This statement is not true, and was published by us notwithstanding that it is wholly incorrect. We did not contact Mr Rees before the article was published [...]
