Regret the Error » daily telegraph australia

Paper withdraws circulation boast

Craig Silverman — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:19 +0000

ON SATURDAY, November 13, The Daily Telegraph issued a statement in relation to the latest quarterly ABC newspaper circulation audit. In this statement we stated paid sales of The Daily Telegraph on Saturday had overtaken those of The Sydney Morning Herald for the very first time. This was calculated by excluding education, event, airline/hotels and bundled sales. The ABC has advised us that publicising broken-out categories in this manner is not permissible under their guidelines and we correspondingly withdraw this statement. For the period of July-September 2010, The Daily Telegraph on Saturday recorded a circulation rise of 1.9 per cent, the biggest of any audited metropolitan Australian newspaper selling 325,000-plus. The Sydney Morning Herald recorded a decline of 4.66 per cent and now sells 332,066 every Saturday.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:36 +0000

AN ARTICLE published in news.com.au on November 9 reported an interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank, Sir Ralph Norris, concerning the bank's decision to raise its home loan mortgage rate by 0.45 per cent.

One statement linked two themes that arose during the interview – the health of the banking system and the possibility of foreclosures.

News.com.au accepts that Sir Ralph Norris did not join these two themes in one attributable statement.

It was not intended to suggest that Sir Ralph Norris was indifferent to the plight of those who may be in danger of losing their homes.

News.com.au apologises to Sir Ralph Norris for any harm or embarrassment he may have suffered. Link

This above also appeared in the Herald Sun and the Advertiser. Here's the letter that led to the apology:

I would like to correct the misconception created by The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday 9th November that I believe "it is better to see a few foreclosures than have an economy hamstrung by a low profit banking system".

This is completely untrue. I did not say this.

The Daily Telegraph has falsely created the impression that I am indifferent to the current difficulties faced by some Australian families. This could not be further from the truth.

The fact is that over the last 2 years we have assisted thousands of Australian families to remain in their homes.

The Commonwealth Bank has a history of supporting Australian families for nearly 100 years and an excellent assistance programme available to our customers who may be experiencing financial difficulty.

If you need help please call us on 1300 720 814.

Ralph Norris

Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Bank

Fun with photos

Craig Silverman — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:44 +0000

DUE to a production error in yesterday's The Daily Telegraph, a photo of Hawthorn player Michael Osborne ran alongside a story pertaining to Hawks player Travis Tuck becoming the first AFL footballer to record a third strike under the league's drug code.

Osborne is one of Hawthorn's longest serving players.

The Daily Telegraph apologises for the mistake.

Not a greedy devil

Craig Silverman — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:24 +0000

AN ARTICLE on page 15 of yesterday’s Daily Telegraqh was headlined “Wife killer a greedy devil”. At no stage during the sentence submissions of Mr Desmond Campbell did the Crown Prosecutor, Mark Tedeschi QC, describe Mr Campbell as “a greedy devil”.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:45 +0000

IN last Friday’ Daily Telegraph (July 25), we published a story on page 142 about boxer Mick Cutajar.
In the article, headed “Long Bay survivor wants to come to grips with Blues”, it was incorrectly stated that Mr Cutajar was arrested and charged with armed robbery in 2007 when, in fact, he was arrested and charged in 1995.
This was a result of a sub-editor’s error. The Daily Telegraph apologises for the error.

Additional pain and suffering

Craig Silverman — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:45 +0000

A PICTURE caption on page 6 of yesterday’s newspaper about two men who died in a car accident stated that one, former Parkes mayor Robert Wilson, had lost his grandson in another car accident some years earlier. It was in fact the other victim, Kevin Marshall, who had previously lost his grandson. The Daily Telegraph regrets the error and any distress caused.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:54 +0000

ON 16 April 2008, The Daily Telegraph published an article about the conduct of Tania Evers as defence counsel in a criminal trial. There was also an editorial on the issue. Various criticisms were made of Ms Evers. The Daily Telegraph acknowledges that criticisms made of Ms Evers were unjustified and that some of the facts asserted were incorrect. In particular, The Daily Telegraph accepts that Ms Evers was not warned by the trial judge about her conduct, and accepts that there was nothing wrong with her conduct. The Daily Telegraph withdraws all criticism made of Ms Evers and unreservedly apologises to her.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:00:40 +0000

ON February 20, 2009, The Daily Telegraph published an article which referred to John Coughlan, the former CEO of the Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority.

The article reported the outcome of a decision by the Industrial Relations Commission dealing with a complaint by a GHRRA employee and in particular referred to a finding made by the Commission against Mr Coughlan. The Daily Telegraph now accepts the statements in the article referring to Mr Coughlan were false and that no such findings were made against him by the Industrial Relations Commission.

We unreservedly withdraw all allegations either express or implied in the article and sincerely apologise to Mr Coughlan for any hurt and embarrassment caused by the article.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:56 +0000

AN ARTICLE entitled "Charged for giving his kids’ mum AIDS" was published on May 19, 2008 concerning Mr Brian Montgomery. The article was incorrectly accompanied by a photograph of Mr Mark Ryan. The Daily Telegraph apologises unreservedly for any embarrassment or hurt to feelings suffered by Mr Ryan as a result of the publication.

0 for 2

Craig Silverman — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:00:33 +0000

IT WAS incorrectly reported in yesterday’s The Daily Telegraph Brad Fittler had been fined $5000 after being found unconscious outside a Sydney police station in 1999. Fittler was never fined and was not found unconscious.

Guilt by matrimony

Craig Silverman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:00:55 +0000

A COURT report titled “Empty-nesters wanted high life” on January 14 stated constable Wesley Brennan and his wife were allegedly involved in the supply of illicit drugs. The report should have said Brennan’s de facto Catherine Ann Delezio, not his wife. The Daily Telegraph apologises for the error.

Fun with photos

Craig Silverman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

ON November 12 we published an article about yourshare.com, an award-winning cashback financial-broking service founded by businessman Paul Brady.
However, the picture that we published was not of Paul Brady of yourshare, but Paul Brady of Brady & Associates, another financial planning company.
We would like to stress that the Paul Brady we pictured has no connection with yourshare.com.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:00:31 +0000

AN article titled “Dubbo donation scandal” published on May 1, 2008 concerned allegations that Duncan Gay MP used question time to lobby on behalf of Dubbo trucking company, Fletchers. Any inference that the questions asked in Parliament were as a result of donations he or the NSW Nationals received is incorrect. The Daily Telegraph apologises to The Hon Duncan Gay MLC.

Fun with photos

Craig Silverman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:17 +0000

A PHOTO published with a report about teenage curfews on Monday and again on Tuesday’s Your Say page featured Ben James, Nick Quirk and Kurtis Barlow. The Daily Telegraph would like to clarify that the boys participated in the story to speak out on the laws and were not being used as examples of poor behaviour.

Apology

Craig Silverman — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:14 +0000

Last week’s Federal Budget coverage featured the Collard family as a case study. The story contained some errors.
A picture caption on Page 11 stated Tahlia was a family friend. She is in fact Alison Collard’s daughter. Alison’s partner Scott Blackburn’s surname was incorrectly stated as Collard.
The story also said the family’s mortgage was $400,000 when this is the property value.
The Daily Telegraph apologises for the error.