Tag Archives: errors of omission

Paris-Match magazine goof angers Quebec City

July 1, 2008 – 8:00 am

This year is the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. It’s a big deal for the city, and French magazine Paris-Match decided to dedicate a recent issue to the celebration. Unfortunately, its editors were under the impression that it was the province of Quebec’s 400th anniversary. Quebec City barely earned a mention in the issue. Folks [...]

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How lies survive

May 12, 2008 – 8:00 am

An article in Wednesday’s editions about the Indiana primary election quoted a man who said he thought Sen. Barack was a Muslim. The article inadvertently failed to note that Mr. Obama is in fact a Christian. Link

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Apology

May 12, 2008 – 8:00 am

An article in the Timelines section on March 31 (In The Herald: 1988), referred to a court case in 1988 involving a contempt of court summons against the then senior workers’ compensation commissioner Brian Muirhead. The article should have reported that the matter was eventually settled in Mr Muirhead’s favour. The Herald apologises to Mr [...]

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Rest is fine

November 19, 2007 – 8:00 am

A few misfires found their way into the September/October issue. In Terry A. Dalton’s piece on Mike Pride, an editor added a phrase asserting that Pride started his thirty-year career at the Concord Monitor on the sports desk. In fact, he started at the Monitor as the managing editor, and had been a sports writer [...]

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Tough luck, immigrants

November 8, 2007 – 8:00 am

Nov. 7–A headline on an A1 story in Tuesday’s Journal about Gov. Bill Richardson’s proposal for universal health care in New Mexico said, “Health Plan Excludes Immigrants.” It should have said the plan would exclude illegal immigrants.

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Denial denied

November 6, 2007 – 8:00 am

On a Nov. 1 ESPN Radio SportsCenter Express report at 7:30 p.m. ET, a report saying Martina Hingis had tested positive for cocaine did not include her assertion that the test results were incorrect. This information was included in subsequent reports. Link

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