An article in Wednesday’s Metro section about a talk that Medill School of Journalism Dean John Lavine gave to alumni contained several errors.
Lavine — who spoke about the controversy over his use of an anonymous student quote in a piece he wrote for an alumni magazine — was incorrectly quoted about what he said he [...]
A story on Page 24 of Saturday’s Main News section misidentified Frances Iglehart as a reverend and as a man. Also, the church is no longer used by the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation or Korean or Latino congregations. Link
A correction from the paper’s online corrections page:
An obituary for Ken O’Brien in Wednesday’s Metro section included a headline that incorrectly stated the year of his death. O’Brien died in 2008. A corrected obituary appears today.
The correction found at the top of the online version of the story :
This corrected obituary replaces an erroneous obituary [...]
January 23, 2008 – 8:00 am
On the front page of Monday’s Business section, a headline inaccurately said that three Los Angeles Times editors have been fired. They each left the top post of editor under different circumstances. Link
January 16, 2008 – 8:00 am
A timeline of Barry Manilow’s career in Friday’s On the Town section mischaracterized Bruce Johnston as a Beach Boys sideman. He is a member of the Beach Boys. Link
November 30, 2007 – 8:00 am
In the editorial “Spelling, 21st-Century style” on Tuesday, the wrong phrases were used to demonstrate how the Oxford University Press updated its dictionary. The phrases should have been “free rein” and the new entry “free reign” — not “rein in” and “reign in.” Also, the dictionary includes some misspelled or misused words because they are [...]
November 12, 2007 – 8:00 am
In some editions of today’s Home & Garden section, the photographs of four leaves on an inside page were incorrectly identified. The photo of Leaf No. 12 is actually a Freeman maple; the photo of Leaf No. 13 is an American elm; Leaf No. 14 is a northern red oak; Leaf No. 15 is an [...]
November 5, 2007 – 8:00 am
On the back page of some editions of Wednesday’s NBA special section, the score of the Spurs’ season-opening win over Portland was listed as “xxx-xxx.” San Antonio won 106-97. Link
August 14, 2006 – 8:01 am
We took a brief late summer vacation last week, but the corrections and accuracy news kept coming. So, enjoy some items of note from last week. And also read our other posts below for some notable corrections from last week.
Manipulated War Photos?
This big ongoing story relates to accusations against news organizations for running doctored war [...]
Our obsessive cataloging of corrections occasionally enables us to spot a pattern. Whether it’s the failure of newspapers to identify someone they initially misidentified in a photo, or the inability of newspapers to accurately report on, well, newspapers, we sometimes feel as though we’re listening to a broken record. Such was the case when we [...]
By Craig Silverman
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Posted in Magazines, Major Errors, Newspapers, Online, Regret Articles
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Also tagged austin american-statesman, cincinati enquirer, kansas city star, misidentifications, newsweek, npr, roll call, san diego union-tribune, san francisco chronicle, slate, st. petersburg times, sun-sentinel, times-picayune, wall street journal, washington post
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February 27, 2006 – 8:00 am
An editorial in Friday’s paper incorrectly stated that Florida Cresswell, a candidate for state representative in the 28th District, was convicted in 1999 of battery and stealing Tupperware. In fact he was convicted of stealing a battery from a van as well as Tupperware that was inside the van. Link
October 28, 2004 – 11:33 am
Early Tuesday morning, several top editors from the Chicago Tribune were hard at work removing a section from that day’s paper. Once you can get past the image of highly-paid newspaper folks on their hands and knees physically yanking a section out of thousands of copies, the question of “why” becomes important. The answer: because [...]
