Posts Tagged ‘denver post’

Denver Post columnist apologizes for lifting quotes without attribution

Denver Post sports columnist Woody Paige has apologized for using quotes gathered by SportsBusiness Journal and not attributing them to the publication. A report from Westword: Woody Paige wrote about one of his employers using a forum provided by the other one in “ESPN Empire One Great Story,” published in Sunday’s Denver Post. Problem is, [...]

Resurrection

Because of a reporting error, a story on Page 3E on Sunday listed author John Updike as still living. He died in January. Link Thanks, Ernest!  Report an error

Negative, but in a good way

Although the Rangeview Library District and one of its consultants, Ambient Energy, described the new Anythink Brighton library branch as “carbon positive,” meaning the building has a “positive” impact on the environment, the common terminology for a building that generates more energy than it uses is “carbon neutral” or “carbon negative.” The term was used [...]

Internet crime is confusing

Because of an editing error, a brief on Page 2B Tuesday incorrectly characterized an Internet crime. The suspect is accused of selling a cellphone to a teen’s mother and using text messages sent to another phone to arrange sex with an undercover officer he thought was the teen. Link  Report an error

Paper gives women cancer

Because of an editing error, a story on Page 19E Sunday about the upcoming “Kaleidoscope” ice-skating TV special incorrectly stated that Kristi Yamaguchi and Nancy Kerrigan had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The story should have said that Dorothy Hamill and Olivia Newton- John have had the diagnoses. Link Thanks, Ernest!  Report an error

Elway the Drug Sniffing Dog gets a “digitally fabricated” sendoff

Because of a reporter’s error, Bill Husted’s column on Page 3B on Sunday contained an item about a tombstone for "Elway the Drug Sniffing Dog." The tombstone was digitally fabricated for a blog and does not exist. Link  Report an error