Also, a story in some editions Monday on Page 2 about Osama bin Laden’s life said bin Laden died in the lawless badlands of Pakistan along the Afghanistan border. Bin Laden was killed in a house in Abbottabad, north of Islamabad. The story also repeated a paragraph that had some garbled sentences. A timeline in [...]
A graphic on Page 4 of Tuesday’s main section listing Judge James Zagel’s notable trials included a photo of Frank Calabrese Sr. instead of Nicholas Calabrese. Also, the date of the Family Secrets trial in the graphic was incorrect. The trial was in 2007. Link Sure, seems like a normal kind of mix-up, expect that [...]
In a Commentary page column Tuesday, the word “pro” was mistakenly removed from the first sentence of Eric Zorn’s column. The correct version of the sentence is: In 1995, Yale University law professor Stephen Carter wrote a pro-snooze-fest book titled “The Confirmation Mess” in which he supported the idea that U.S. Supreme Court nominees should [...]
A headline in the Sunday early edition on an article about objections by some in the hemophiliac community to blood donations by homosexuals incorrectly characterized one of the article’s subjects. Her late husband had hemophilia; she does not. Link Report an error
The headline on a news brief Saturday indicated that a former Chicago Bears player’s friend was convicted in a fatal shooting in 2006. In fact, William B. Posey, friend of defensive lineman Terry “Tank” Johnson, was the one who was fatally shot and was not convicted of any crime in the incident. Link Report an [...]
A story in the Play section Thursday about Transistor, an eclectic shop and hangout in Chicago, had several errors. The shop does not sell custom-crafted guitar pedals. The customer who said Transistor “is entrepreneurial, artistic activism” was incorrectly identified; the speaker was Joe Shanahan. The shop was not inspired by a visit to Berlin. And [...]
The Chicago Tribune published a slideshow of photos from Lollapalooza. And someone managed to mangle the name of a band that was shown… holding up signs bearing its name: It’s been fixed. The image is courtesy of The Hood Internet’s Twitter feed. Thanks, Julia! Report an error
A Page 1 story Friday on Beccah Beushausen’s Internet hoax about a terminally ill baby described her as a social worker. While she has worked in social services, she says she is not a licensed social worker. The Tribune confirmed that she has worked at women’s crisis centers in Tinley Park and Pittsburgh. Also, the [...]
Steve Chapman’s Commentary column on Sunday indicated that women have a Y chromosome. Women have two X chromosomes. Link Report an error
A Feb. 24 article that collated Internet comments in reaction to Rick Santelli’s self-described rant protesting President Barack Obama’s mortgage bailout plan included pro-Santelli remarks incorrectly attributed to “John Groskopf, Vernon Hills.” Mr. Groskopf says that he did not make those remarks, and the Tribune failed to confirm the identity of the person quoted. Correction [...]
In a Perspective piece by Gary Fields, professor of communications at the University of California, San Diego, that ran in Feb. 22, 2004, editions of the Chicago Tribune, an unverified quote was used and attributed to the Israeli army’s chief of staff, Moshe Yaalon. The op-ed quoted Yaalon as saying that “the Palestinians must be [...]
In Monday’s Live! section, a story about Michelle Obama’s eyebrows may have left readers with the impression that Bill O’Reilly referred directly to her eyebrows when he said she looks angry. It was a guest on his show Sept. 16 who responded that some people say she looks angry perhaps because of the cast of [...]
A story about treatment of children with colds in Tuesday’s Chicagoland coverage said buckwheat honey can be given to children of all ages for sore throat. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against honey for children under 1. Link Report an error
A photo on Page 11 of Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Magazine was incorrectly identified as venture capitalist Eric Olson. The photo that accompanied the feature about Eric Olson was of a different Eric Olson. Here is the correct picture. UPDATE: Also note this Aug. 20 correction from the Denver Post: Because of an error by a [...]
A “clarification” the Tribune’s “Guy Page” feature: On this page about two years ago, I declared the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown to be the most beautiful woman on TV. That was part of my rebellion against all the plastic people whom pop culture would have us believe are beautiful. The one slight asterisk with Brown [...]
A July 29 Campaign Digest item incorrectly said that Sen. John McCain is a melanoma survivor who suffered severe sun damage from his years in Vietnamese prison camps. In fact, McCain was in solitary confinement for more than two of the 51/2 years he was in Hanoi, and his exposure to the sun while in [...]
The Tempo cover page on Tuesday featured a 6-column photograph of a woman walking and texting on her phone; the photo accompanied a story about people who text as they walk. The image appeared to be a documentary image, but was actually a staged photograph of a Tribune intern taken to illustrate a story about [...]
As you’re no doubt aware, a photograph purporting to show the successful test firing of four missiles by Iran was revealed to have been manipulated. In fact, only three missiles were successfully fired. The image, provided by the Iranian government, was distributed by Agence-France Presse and used by many media outlets. You can view some [...]
A Tempo story on Wednesday about 50 favorite magazines included an item about Vanity Fair that incorrectly overstated the degree of actress Miley Cyrus’ state of undress in a controversial photo shoot this year. She did not “bare all.” The story also listed Golf for Women; the July-August issue is available, but publisher Conde Nast [...]
A map on page 12 of Section 1 on Thursday located the Golan Heights and erroneously showed an Israeli security zone in southern Lebanon that no longer exists. Link Report an error
A campaign story in some editions Saturday mistakenly referred to Cuba’s Fidel Castro as dead. Link Report an error
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 [...]
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 Report an error
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 [...]
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 Report an error
