I initially didn’t post about this story because it struck me as a tale of well-meaning aggregation gone wrong, but it seems that the issue was bigger than that. The bottom line is that the Hartford Courant has apologized for repeatedly and knowingly plagiarizing the work of its competitors. Here’s an excerpt from a statement [...]
On last night’s Daily Show, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin told an interesting story about a belated newspaper apology. She said a Connecticut newspaper had been incredibly harsh to Thomas Jefferson during a campaign, and that nearly 200 years later it apologized for its nastiness. I’ve made a habit of noting belated newspaper apologies, so I [...]
Barbara Dignoti of East Windsor* was shown in a photograph on Page B1 Sunday as she watched the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hartford on Saturday. The caption misspelled her last name as Pignoti. Link Correction March 19: The words “East Windsor” were initially left out of this post. Thanks Naila, Patrick and Aldous! Report [...]
On Feb. 28, in the Flavor section, The Courant printed a review about a new Torrington restaurant, Prime Steak and Seafood. At the urging of the restaurant owner and its manager, who said the opinion piece contained inaccuracies and overstatement, the review was scrutinized by the editors and discussed with the reviewer. The findings: The [...]
“The Counterfeiters,” which won the Oscar for foreign-language film, is from Austria, not Australia, as was incorrectly reported in a story on Page D1 Monday. Link Report an error
Craig Betancourt, the Groton man charged with killing 2-year-old Treau Bemis in September, is the fiancé of the child’s aunt, Kimberly Bemis. A story on Page B1 on Nov. 21 incorrectly described Betancourt as the child’s mother’s fiancé. Link Report an error
A story on Page B1 on Nov. 17 quoted Milly Arciniegas, president of the Hartford PTO council, as saying that Mayor Eddie Perez “has a lock on power and it’s quite intimidating.” Arciniegas denies using the phrase “lock on power,” but says the expression accurately described her feelings. Link Report an error
A photo caption on Page 1 Wednesday incorrectly identified Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Olmert is shown on the right; Abbas is on the left. Link Report an error
The president of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers, is a man. A graphic on Page A2 Tuesday incorrectly identified him as female. Link Report an error
Sharon M. Petersen, formerly a nurse at the University of Connecticut Health Center, was initially charged with assault in connection with administering an overdose of painkiller to an elderly patient who subsequently died. An autopsy concluded that the cause of the patient’s death was an accidental hip fracture and other underlying medical conditions, not the [...]
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has had to run a correction after it ran a photo of a librarian and identified him as the priest former Rep. Mark Foley said he was sexually assaulted by. (See our Foley corrections collection here.) The Associated Press uncovered the error. The correction: Herald-Tribune corrects photo with Foley story: The Herald-Tribune [...]
