An article on Tuesday about DreamWorks Studios’ completion of a round of financing its and announcement of some film projects included an incorrect title for one of the movies. It will be called “Dinner For ********,” a Yiddish vulgarism meaning jerks, used only once in the article. The film is not “Dinner With ********.” Link [...]
SURREY Police have not blamed gipsies for an attack on their force helicopter, no staff in their operations rooms were threatened by gipsies and no gipsy site was being targeted for a raid as we reported on May 14. We apologise for the mistakes and are happy to set the record straight. Link Thanks, Telsa! [...]
Every one once in a while I come across a notable typo that’s not related to journalism. This is one of those times. From a report in the Globe And Mail: An unfortunate blunder by the Prime Minister’s Office has residents of Nunavut alternately chuckling and cringing. A news release sent out Monday outlined Prime [...]
An article on Aug. 2 about older alumni who have been helped by university career counselors referred imprecisely to comments by a 1990 graduate of Lehigh University who lost his job in February when his company was downsized, and a correction in this space last Sunday misspelled his surname. As the article correctly noted, he [...]
David Matayabas, a member of the Communications Workers of America, was referring to opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care proposals when he spoke of "ill-informed" and "not very smart" protesters "regurgitating talking points of Rush Limbaugh." A Wednesday U.S. News article incorrectly implied that Mr. Matayabas was referring to fellow union members. The article [...]
BBC2′s Classic Goldie showed the drum ‘n’ bass artist’s foray into orchestral music. And not old clips of the Blue Peter dog getting jiggy with Peter Purves’s leg. Report an error
Editor’s Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK. Link Oh, but there’s so much more to this Editor’s Note from Investor’s Business Daily. It omits the original, ridiculous statement contained in the editorial. And here it [...]
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 Nov. 14, 2004, column about the death of Yasser Arafat included an unverified quotation attributed to former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff Moshe Yaalon. Yaalon, now Israel’s strategic affairs minister, was quoted in that 2004 column as saying in 2002 that "the Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of [...]
In the June 29 " Books " column, Johann Hari originally included two phrases that could have given the incorrect impression that Richard Bernstein has attended, or approves of, brothels where women are coerced. This was not Hari’s intention or Slate’s. We have amended these sentences to clarify that Bernstein does not approve of forced [...]
We ran a story on 3rd September last year about serious breaches of hygiene rules uncovered by health inspectors at Canvey Island food outlets. We said Dave’s Plaice, a fish and chip shop owned and run by Mrs Shirley Knox, had been slammed by health inspectors for a series of shocking breaches of food hygiene [...]
Please enjoy these juvenile yet amusing Friday treats. An unfortunate headline: The headline has since been changed to read "Kiwanis present award." Boo. Thanks to Andrew and Deann! The image is via HuffPo. And here’s an unfortunate choice of words from Martha Stewart Living, via Bike Snob NYC: And here’s the graphic that accompanied it, [...]
In an obituary of Walter Cronkite on Page A1 July 18, The Associated Press, relying on published accounts that included Cronkite’s memoir, reported erroneously that "cronkiter" was used in Sweden and the Netherlands as a term for "TV anchorman." Olof Hulten, a journalism educator in Sweden, and Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Expert Desk say the term [...]
This was on the front page today’s St. Petersburg Times: Bill O’Reilly has not accused President Barack Obama of racism. An article in Sunday’s Perspective section about the National Association of Black Journalists incorrectly included the Fox newscaster in a list of commentators who have publicly accused the president of racism. Click on this image [...]
IN an article on 3 February 2008 headlined "Evil on benefits" we described Shakil Akhtar as the "treasurer" of a militant Islamic cell responsible for funding terrorism. Mr Akhtar is not involved in the funding of terrorism or a member of a militant cell and we apologise to him for the embarrassment and distress caused [...]
‘Men of Israel’: In the Big Picture column in Monday’s Calendar, an item about the film "Men of Israel" described Michael Lucas of New York-based Lucas Entertainment as a former porn actor whose company produces gay porn. A spokesman for Lucas says he still has an active career as a performer in the adult industry. [...]
A story Sunday about Vietnam veterans counseling veterans of the Iraq war said incorrectly that at one point Vietnam veteran Vic Griguoli had physically abused his wife. In fact, Griguoli, 63, said his relationship with his family suffered because of his untreated emotional problems but he did not physically abuse his wife. Report an error
An article in Sunday’s Section A about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s role in Congress’ healthcare debate said that Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) had urged his friend to stop drinking after the Massachusetts Democrat’s 1969 car accident at Chappaquiddick. Hatch gave the advice in 1991, after Kennedy spent an evening at a Florida bar with [...]
Today the Telegraph-Journal in New Brunswick issued a remarkable front page apology for a report that became a national controversy in Canada. In early July, the paper reported that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had pocketed the communion wafer given to him by a Roman Catholic priest at the funeral of former Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc. That [...]
A New York newspaper is in trouble with local politicians and other members of the community after it took two photos and combined them without telling readers. Here’s the photo: A report from the Southampton Press: The photograph depicts Brookhaven Town Councilman Keith Romaine as being present at a July 2 news conference at Smith [...]
A report from the Guardian: The trade magazine Nursery Management Today could face a claim for damages after publishing a picture of the wrong nursery to illustrate a story about an investigation into child abuse. The July/August edition of the title, owned by Hawker Publications, included a picture of the wrong nursery – in which [...]
Owing to an editing error, our report “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists” (June 23) wrongly stated that research presented at the recent BPS conference by Sophia Shaw found that women who drink alcohol are more likely to be raped. In fact, the research found the opposite. We apologise for [...]
In last week’s paper, The Onion accidentally omitted the final line of Gabe Blanchard’s second-place entry in the 2009 Eighth-Grade Essay Contest. It should have read, "And with the smell of sulfur still hanging heavy in the air, we will toast the end of the Zionist conspiracy." The Onion regrets the error. Thanks, Liam! Report [...]
IN our edition dated April 12, 2009, we reported that Thomas Tolan, below, a current inmate of Maghaberry prison was facing disciplinary proceedings having allegedly been found by prison officials to be in possession of hard core pornographic DVDs. It has been pointed out to us by Mr Tolan that he was not in fact [...]
A G2 article called the censorship from Twitter of the hashtag (equivalent to a subject line) "Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy" the worst outrage against freedom of expression ever. We should have noted the explanation provided by Biz Stone, the founder of Twitter, for the problem users encountered searching for #MrsSlocombesPussy: a programming bug means that Twitter’s [...]
