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Sweeping away any confusion

August 12, 2009 – 8:00 am

bostonheraldA sub-headline on page one of last Tuesday’s Herald stated that Attorney General Martha Coakley broomed a conflict-of-interest investigation involving Suffolk University before accepting an honorary law degree from the school. The accompanying story reported that Coakley’s office had obtained concessions from Suffolk while concluding there were no illegalities committed in the case. The Herald regrets any confusion caused by the use of the term "broom."

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That’s some salty matzo

April 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

bostonheraldThe recipe for Dora Fegelman’s Matzo Meal Popovers in Wednesday’s Passover food story incorrectly called for 3/4 cup of salt. The measurement should be 3/4 teaspoon.

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Friendly staffers

April 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

bostonheraldA page-one headline in yesterday’s Herald that characterized four people who landed high-paying agency posts as “pals” of Gov. Patrick should have described them as staffers in his administration. Link

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Senseless flagpole violence

November 10, 2008 – 8:00 am

Due to an editing error, an article and caption in yesterday’s Herald misstated the event captured in a 1976 photo. An American flag was aimed to spear the man in the photo, but he was not stabbed by the flagpole. The Herald regrets the error.

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Boston Herald publishes front page apology

May 14, 2008 – 3:51 pm

On Feb. 2, 2008, the Boston Herald reported that a member of the New England Patriots’ video staff taped the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. While the Boston Herald based its Feb. 2, 2008, report on sources that it believed to be credible, we now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthrough ever existed.

Prior to the publication of its Feb. 2, 2008, article, the Boston Herald neither possessed nor viewed a tape of the Rams’ walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI, nor did we speak to anyone who had. We should not have published the allegation in the absence of firmer verification.

The Boston Herald regrets the damage done to the team by publication of the allegation, and sincerely apologizes to its readers and to the New England Patriots’ owners, players, employees and fans for our error. Link

The Boston Globe has a story mentioning the apology, and the Associated Press got comment from Patriots owner Robert Kraft:

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is pleased the Boston Herald apologized for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl.

Kraft said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press he doesn’t know why former New England video assistant Matt Walsh didn’t refute the story soon after it came out in early February, when the Patriots were preparing for this year’s Super Bowl.

Another bad Herald mistake from last month is here.

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