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Der Spiegel retracts article about IKEA’s anti-Danish nomenclature

March 12, 2008 – 8:00 am

The website of German newspaper Der Spiegel recently issued a retraction for an article that claimed IKEA had a habit of naming inexpensive items after Danish towns. (High end items were named after Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian towns.) As the retraction explains, the story was based on a report in a Danish newspaper that turned [...]

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Scent of an apology

December 10, 2007 – 8:00 am

Following the item “Chanel left fuming” (Spy Nov 28), we now accept that it was entirely untrue to allege that Nicole Kidman, pictured, who globally endorses Chanel No 5 perfume under a multi-million-pound contract, had been openly using and promoting a competitor’s product at recent London press conferences for her new film The Golden Compass. [...]

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Brother-in-law, not father

November 7, 2007 – 8:00 am

Our obituary of Lady Jeanne Campbell (Sept 22) said she had a daughter, Cusi Cram, “possibly by a man called Guy Nicholas Lancaster”. In fact Mr Lancaster is Ms Cram’s brother-in-law and was only five when she was born. We apologise to all concerned for our error. Link
Thanks, Gordon!

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The Morien Jones apologies, cont. again

April 27, 2007 – 8:00 am

The apologies keep rolling in for Morien Jones. This story goes back to last summer. Some newspapers continue to get the story wrong, while others are just getting around to correcting their reports from last year. Below are the latest installments. Read the previous ones by starting here.
FURTHER to our article on May 26 2006 [...]

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The Morien Jones apologies, continued

September 15, 2006 – 8:01 am

We’ve been cataloging the apologies offered to Morien Jones by UK newspapers (read one of the apologies for some background), and now there are a few more to add to the pile. Actually, a lot more. We can’t recall another recent UK story that caused so many apologies. Read the previous apology from the Yorkshire [...]

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