Correction: Because of a reporting error, a review of Jakob Dylan’s new album in yesterday’s Sidekick section said he had dissolved his band, the Wallflowers. The group has not disbanded. Link
Correction: Because of an editing error, a story in Saturday’s Sports section about Arkansas running back Darren McFadden incorrectly reported that his agent said paternity suits had been filed against McFadden. No lawsuits have been filed, according to the agent. Link
Because of a reporting error, a March 23 City Weekly article about the new Parkwayboston.com website incorrectly attributed a quote saying the site appeared to be designed by an eighth-grader. The comment was made by Tammy Schuetz Cook, from the blog Bostonfoodandwhine. Link
February 6, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because of a reporting error, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was misidentified as a ballplayer in Monday’s Names column. Link
January 31, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: A column on Saturday by Eyad al-Sarraj and Sara Roy incorrectly said that Gaza requires 680,000 tons of flour daily to feed its population. It is 680,000 pounds, which means a reduction of 73 percent, not 99 percent, of flour allowed into Gaza. Link
January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because the subject of an interview provided misleading information, a man quoted in a Page One story Tuesday about employees who telecommuted during Monday’s snowstorm was incorrectly identified as Heywood James, 41, of Needham, and an employee of Fidelity Investments. Fidelity has no employee by that name. Link
At least it wasn’t Heywood Jablome.
January 17, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because of an editing error, a Page One story yesterday about Mitt Romney campaigning in Michigan omitted an important paragraph. In the story, Seth Kaplan, vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston environmental group, said emissions standards imposed by Romney in Massachusetts in December 2005 were tougher on automakers than the [...]
November 22, 2007 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because of a reporting error, a review of the new Boyz II Men album in yesterday’s Sidekick incorrectly said that Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs is deceased. Stubbs, who is alive, no longer tours with the Four Tops. Link
October 31, 2007 – 4:00 am
Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Sunday’s City & Region section about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s speech to the Sabeel Conference in Boston said that pro-Israel protesters could be heard inside the hall. While chants from the street could be heard, it was not possible to discern their source, and protesters with a [...]
October 26, 2007 – 5:00 am
Clarification: A story in yesterday’s Nation pages about Mitt Romney mixing up Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden said that Fox News Channel president Roger Ailes had previously used the similarity between the names Osama and Obama to mock the senator. Fox News says Ailes was making a joke aimed at President Bush, not Obama, [...]
A Boston Globe sports columnist has been accused of plagiarism by coldhardfootballfacts.com. The paper says it is looking into the allegations. Editor & Publisher has a story up about it, and here is the post from coldhardfootballfacts.com. E&P:
Similarities between a Sunday story by a Boston Globe sportswriter and a piece written a week earlier by [...]
November 22, 2006 – 8:00 am
Correction: A story in Saturday’s Business section about a crew from Japanese television filming condominiums that pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka could purchase if he is signed by the Red Sox included a reference to a pitch called a “gyroball” that Matsuzaka had been said to throw. According to a story in Wednesday’s Sports section, Matsuzaka throws [...]
February 28, 2005 – 8:00 am
This is an oldie but goodie from the May 29, 2004 edition of The Globe:
Because of a reporting error, Dr. Arleigh Dygert Richardson III, former teacher at Lawrence Academy in Groton, was described in his obituary yesterday as favoring tacky pants with tweed jackets and Oxford shirts. Dr. Richardson favored khaki pants.
With thanks to Peg [...]
