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An editing error resulted in the text and headline of a piece – about the rise of online films, documentaries and video logs – wrongly describing a forthcoming VBS.TV film, Afghanistan in the UK, as a spoof. Many of the online films discussed in the piece were also at odds with the headline description of them as “citizen films”, because they emanate from commercial companies (Sloths, sharks or spoofs: slew of videos sates new appetite for citizen films, 18 August, page 13). Link
The headline “Look ma, no steering – and no brakes” on page A6 yesterday, and the unattributed quote in the report that the headline was based on, were inaccurate. The prototype design of the electric tram does have brakes, and there are plans to install a computer-controlled steering system and more effective combo-brakes in the final model. The errors were introduced during the editing process, and we apologise for them. Link
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”.
A headline appearing within a March 30 
On 7 March 2010, we published an article by Zoe Margolis. In part of the first edition of the newspaper and online, this article carried the headline, “I was a hooker who became an agony aunt”. This was written by the newspaper not Ms Margolis. We accept that Ms Margolis is not and never has been “a hooker” or otherwise involved in the sex industry. The wording of the headline was a mistake and seriously defamatory of Ms Margolis. We offer our sincere apologies to Ms Margolis for the damage to her reputation and the distress and embarrassment which she has suffered. 
A headline, Who’s the big earner now? These days it’s probably the wife, say researchers (20 January, page 25), was not supported by the study results reported in the article: they showed that in 2007, 22% of US wives earned more than their husbands. That still leaves 78% who earned the same or less. 
In a story headlined LEWIS’ SON: ‘I BLAME MY MEAN, EVIL DAD FOR BROTHER’S DEATH’, released on 7 January (10), WENN suggests comedian Jerry Lewis may have been responsible for the death of his son, Joseph. We’d like to make it clear that this is not the case and that Joseph’s brother Gary thinks his sibling’s death last year (09) could have been prevented if he and his father had been “on better terms”. As a result, you may wish to temper the headline accordingly. WENN EDITOR
The headline, Cops cleared in Taser death of former Selkirk man, in last week’s Journal was misleading. The article stated the medical examiner determined the suspect died from excited delirium brought on by drugs in his system; his death was not caused by the Taser. The Journal regrets the mistake and apologizes for it.
THE headline on an article in The Australian yesterday (“Minister was a lobbyist for homes project”, page 6) may have implied that NSW Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan was employed to lobby on behalf of the Tralee project, near Canberra airport. In fact, as the article made clear, Mr Whan’s work for Endeavour Consulting, before he entered parliament, was not connected with Tralee.
A headline on an article in the September 29 edition of the Toronto Sun concerning contract work done by Courtyard Group for the Ontario provincial government was both inaccurate and unfair. In fact, the Toronto Sun has no knowledge, or any reason to believe, that Courtyard acted improperly in any way in agreeing to perform, and in performing, work for the Ontario government or its agencies. The Sun apologizes for any injury or inconvenience.
The Gazette of Montreal takes part in an annual campaign called Raise-A-Reader. It helps raise money for literacy programs. Unfortunately, a front page headline yesterday about the campaign did little to help the cause:
THE headline on an article on Page 4 of yesterday’s edition of The Australian, which read “Bank bonuses OK: Hockey”, could have been read as suggesting opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey favoured extravagant bonuses for bank executives.
A previous version of this story had an incorrect headline that stated “Sarah Palin says abstinence is unrealistic.” It was Sarah Palin’s daughter who made the statement. 
A headline on Dec. 25 with an article about Herbert and Marion Sandler, bankers and philanthropists whose World Savings Bank originated a type of adjustable-rate mortgage called Pick-a-Pay that has led to many foreclosures as the real estate market and the economy collapsed, described incorrectly the consequences to the Sandlers of the criminal and legal investigations of the practices of the bank, which they sold to Wachovia in 2006. As the article noted, the Sandlers were once trusted mortgage pioneers and now face scrutiny, but they are not “pariahs.” 
A headline on page A16 in Monday’s paper — “Carbon-capture plan reeks of dirty money” — was totally uncalled-for, and mis-characterized efforts by an Edmonton firm to finance and launch a carbon-capture-and-storage project. A subheadline on the same column unfairly implied that former premier Don Getty, in his capacity as one of the principals in the firm, was doing something wrong by seeking a government startup subsidy for the project.
