The Chicago Sun-Times fired a critic after she left a concert early and proceeded to pull an Albom. Romenesko reports that, “Chicago Sun-Times veteran Paige Wiser was let go after her “Glee Live!” concert review in Sunday’s paper mentioned one song that wasn’t performed and described another that she didn’t see.” Wiser admits she made [...]
Via Talking Biz News, an embarrassing front page typo ("Mortage") from the Monday Chicago Sun-Times: Thanks, Jon! Report an error
The Chicago Sun-Times ran the picture of the wrong baseball player on the front page of its Saturday sports section. Off the Bench explains: The print news business is a tough one, and there are thousands of chances for a screw-up in every edition that goes out. Some of those screw-ups are a little worse [...]
Donald Hannah Sr., father of actress Daryl Hannah, is not deceased. A Bill Zwecker column Thursday incorrectly referred to him as "the late." Report an error
In our April 9 edition, the Sun-Times published a letter mildly critical of Mayor Daley that was signed “Sabina Lilly, Bridgeport.” In fact, Sabina Lilly did not write the letter — her signature had been forged. Our policy is to check the veracity of letters before publication, but we failed this time. We apologize. I [...]
A story in Wednesday’s paper contained a quote attributed to Evanston police commander Tom Guenther that was taken out of context. Report an error
In Sunday’s Books section, in an article about the book John & Yoko: A New York Love Story, it was incorrectly stated that the photographs “are in the public domain for the first time.” All the photographs in the book are in fact copyrighted and not in the public domain. Also, to clarify, a series [...]
