Statements contained in an article published on 7 March, headed “Babies who are born at 23 weeks should be left to die, says NHS chief”, were wrongly attributed to Dr Daphne Austin, who is a medical consultant specialist employed by the NHS. They were made in a programme in which Dr Austin participated and were [...]
On May 15 we said Tim Henman was being paid £200,000 by the BBC for commentating at Wimbledon this year. In fact we have been informed that his fee will be substantially less than that. We apologise for the mistake and are happy to set the record straight. Link Via Tabloid Watch. Report an error
During the 1990s conflict in the Balkans, Serbian state broadcaster Radio Televizija Srbi (RTS) was basically transformed into a propaganda outlet. In order to try and repair the damage, the organization issued an apology on Monday. An excerpt: During the unfortunate events of the 1990s, Radio-Television Belgrade and Radio-Television Serbia in many instances in their [...]
An article on 18 April referred to the recent death of Leslie Phillips’ wife, Angela Scoular, stating that she had died alone. We have now been informed that this is incorrect, and we apologise to Mr Phillips and his family for any distress caused. Link Report an error
IN our issue of May 19, 2011, we reported that South Tyneside Councillor David Potts, who resigned from the Tory Party in January but remains a councillor, had contacted Labour Council Leader Iain Malcolm requesting that he be allowed to become a Labour councillor and that his plea had been rejected. Mr Potts has informed [...]
In our extract from Matthew Norman’s book ‘You Cannot be Serious’ (December 28th 2010) we suggested that Alan Green engineered the replacement of Graham Taylor in the commentary box following an argument and that he drove Mark Saggers into the arms of rival Talk Sport. We accept that this was not the case and apologise [...]
This is a rather strange story of photo manipulation. A report from the Jerusalem Post: The photograph showing President Barack Obama and staffers in the White House Situation Room carefully watching the raid in progress by US forces in Pakistan on the bin Laden compound last Sunday has been published far and wide. One Hassidic [...]
On April 28th, The Coast published an article online and in print, regarding Dr. Stan Kutcher. In that article, The Coast referenced, without limitation or criticism, statements to the effect that, Dr. Kutcher, being one of the authors of a research paper, distorted the outcome measures and essentially lied. The Coast retracts those statements and [...]
We would like to apologise to the family of Paul McGuigan, who was killed in Iraq by Danny Fitzsimons from Rochdale, for the use of a photograph that appeared in Saturday’s M.E.N. We used a picture of Paul when we intended to use a picture of Danny Fitzsimons. Paul’s family have also asked us to [...]
An article wrongly stated that Gino Coutinho – goalkeeper of the Netherlands’ Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag – had been sentenced along with his girlfriend to 12 months in prison. The court has yet to hand down any ruling. Twelve months is the sentence that the prosecution is seeking in the case, where the footballer [...]
From the Los Angeles Times: Four years after airing a misleading video segment about Crenshaw Christian Center founder Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, ABC News has issued a public apology. In a story called “Enough!” that aired on ABC’s “20/20″ and “Good Morning America” in March 2007, ABC News and then-correspondent John Stossel investigated whether ministers [...]
In the article "Farmers concerned about product" published in the Wednesday, April 6, 2011 editions of the Simcoe Reformer and Tillsonburg News, Mr. Grant Sanders was inaccurately identified as the chief executive officer of True Blend Tobacco Company. Sanders has identified himself as someone who made a signifi cant investment in True Blend Tobacco and [...]
The article said that Mr Pritchard had attacked BA cabin crew in the House of Commons for their strike action and quoted Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley as saying that "their union-busting charge is being led by someone with his snout in BA's trough." This was in reference to a question raised in Parliament [...]
This retraction and apology appeared in several of the papers owned by Canada's Sun Media: On March 9 we published a graphic titled "Wind turbines: friend or foe?" The graphic wrongly attributed claims to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA) that wind turbines are harmful to human health. CANWEA's position is that the balance of [...]
AN item published in The Australian on November 15 (Strewth, “Losing the threads'', page 13) referred to a report in The Zimbabwe Guardian that Jacqueline Zwambila, the Zimbabwean ambassador to Australia, stripped to her underwear in front of three male embassy officials. Ms Zwambila denies the allegations, and a governmental investigation in Zimbabwe has cleared [...]
This site was inaccessible for much of last week due to it being temporarily listed as an attack site by Google. As a result, I missed blogging about a few notable items: A Bad Byline From a report on WQAD.com: The Western Courier is an award-winning newspaper at Western Illinois University that takes pride in [...]
On 10 February, we reported from a news agency source that Claudia Adusei, 20, from London, died after buttock enhancement treatment in Philadelphia. The agency had been misinformed that the girl was Claudia Adusei, when it was, in fact, Claudia Aderotimi who died. We apologise for any distress caused to the families concerned. Link Report [...]
On Thursday we published a graphic titled "Wind turbines: friend or foe?" The graphic wrongly attributed claims to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA) that wind turbines are harmful to human health. CANWEA's position is that the balance of expert scientific and medical information to date clearly indicates there is no direct link between wind [...]
On 31 July 2010 an article headlined "A tour of the jail within a jail that houses Britain's most dangerous convicts" about the High Security Unit at Belmarsh Prison wrongly suggested that Garikoitz Ibarlucea Murua was amongst those held in that unit. In fact Mr Ibarlucea was only ever remanded at Wandsworth prison as a [...]
In our Jan. 20, 2011, edition, we published a story, “Nightmare at Troy horse ranch,” about allegations of abuse and neglect of rare Lusitano and Andalusian horses at the Carpe Diem Farms, LLC ranch owned by Byrde Lynn Hill and the lawsuit filed against Carpe Diem Farms and Ms. Hill by former ranch managers [...]
IN LAST week's Sunday Sun we ran a story about a carer who has been charged in connection with an alleged incident at a North home. The alleged incident took place at a home called Tynedale which is based in Ashbrooke, Sunderland. As part of the article we used a photo of a building called [...]
In articles we wrote and published in the Toronto Sun and its website on Dec. 18, 2010 and Jan. 2, 2011, entitled "TTC Union Needs to be Curbed" and "Rob Ford's big fight: Levy," we stated that Bob Kinnear, the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113, is a union mob boss. We acknowledge [...]
In yesterday’s Independent, Ian Herbert attributed quotes to the ITV football analyst Andy Townsend which suggested that he had made sexist comments on Twitter as part of the Andy Gray/Richard Keys story. Those quotes originated from a spoof Twitter account. We apologise for any embarrassment caused to Mr Townsend, who has no connection to the [...]
Further to an article about the murder of Edmond Safra, we wish to make it clear there was no intention to suggest that Mr Safra's widow Lily was involved in his death. We accept that there is no basis for such a suggestion and apologise for any distress caused. Link Report an error
WE would like to make clear that Viz comic's Aldridge Prior The Hopeless Liar, is no longer Britain's biggest fibber. He is grounded in reality compared to Tommy Sheridan and we are now happy to accept that Mr Prior: Is invincible because he is made of a rare alloy metal. Composed the famous guitar riff [...]
