On Feb. 2, 2008, the Boston Herald reported that a member of the New England Patriots’ video staff taped the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. While the Boston Herald based its Feb. 2, 2008, report on sources that it believed to be credible, we now know that this report [...]
The article “Banker accused of sexual harassment” (April 14) concerned the alleged conduct of Michael Blomfield during his employment at the Commonwealth Bank. The Herald accepts that the allegations published about Mr Blomfield are untested and are regarded as false not only by Mr Blomfield but by the bank, which has thoroughly investigated them. The [...]
In an April 24 story on ESPN.com about NFL draft prospect Marcus Dixon, a scouting breakdown provided by ESPN’s Scouts Inc., erroneously reported that Dixon had been charged with criminal damage and disorderly conduct in August of 2007. Dixon was not involved in any such an incident and was never charged with those crimes. Link
ON June 12, 2005, we reported that Ms Lisa Nolan of Mounthawk Tralee had been arrested in Ecuador after a quantity of cocaine had been found in her luggage and that she was awaiting trial.
Although Ms Nolan was arrested and charged with drug trafficking offences in fact, contrary to our report, no drugs were found [...]
Correction: Because of an editing error, a story in Saturday’s Sports section about Arkansas running back Darren McFadden incorrectly reported that his agent said paternity suits had been filed against McFadden. No lawsuits have been filed, according to the agent. Link
April 18, 2008 – 12:48 pm
Gawker spotted this incredible error/correction in the Columbia Spectator, a student newspaper:
The paper subsequently retracted the piece. This text has replaced the article on the Spectator’s website:
Because this piece was based on unreliable sources we have decided to retract the article and remove it from the Web site. We appreciate all the letters we have [...]
An article in last week’s Mail on Sunday said that Warner Bros had begun a legal battle with a film director who claims to have devised an earlier version of Harry Potter. There is no such legal battle. We accept that J.K. Rowling is the sole creator of her Harry Potter character and that there [...]
ON 10 February 2008 we published articles on our front page entitled “Kate and Anton…a late tango” and on pages 4 and 5 entitled “Strictly Friends” together with photographs of Kate Garraway and Anton du Beke. Although we did not expressly say that they were having an affair we now accept that the article alleged [...]
Leeds United: Our article, McAllister gets new Leeds deal (page 6, Sport, April 4), wrongly suggested that Leeds United FC has been guilty of abuses of insolvency regulations. This is untrue. We accept that there were no breaches of such regulations in connection with the 15-point deduction that was made at the start of the [...]
A letter published on Monday, titled “Perfect storm?” incorrectly stated that a school system in Kentucky has banned teaching about the Holocaust. That information is erroneous.
In this story, a voter suggests that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has made anti-gay comments. NPR has not been able to find any evidence that Wright made such comments. Wright has supported the ordination of gay clergy. He also started a singles group for gay and lesbian members at his church. Our story should have [...]
March 27, 2008 – 10:19 pm
How did the Los Angeles Times not realize it was being duped during its six-month investigation into the shooting of Tupac Shakur?
The paper has apologized for relying on forged documents in reporting a story about a 1994 attack on Shakur. The Times story took months of reporting and preparation; The Smoking Gun took roughly a [...]
Today was a historic day for newspaper apologies. A sad, shameful, embarrassingly historic day.
Two UK papers controlled by the same owner (Express Newspapers) issued front page apologies to a British couple, Kate and Gerry McCann. The apologies will be repeated in the related Sunday editions of both papers, the Sunday Express and Daily Star Sunday*.
In [...]
In the March edition of “The Australian Financial Review Magazine” there was incorrect information about Fortescue Metals. The article “The wild, mild west”, on pages 24-32 of the magazine, stated that the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) had been involved in civil and criminal charges against Fortescue Metals. In fact, no criminal charges have [...]
February 25, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article in Feb. 18 editions repeated charges made by Republican candidate for Congress Dean Hrbacek that a law firm, Williams & Jensen, had ties to Jack Abramoff. The article also cited reports that the firm’s managing partner, L. Steven Hart, traveled with a group of government officials and lobbyists to Scotland to play golf. [...]
February 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and CEO of the internet security company Kaspersky Lab, was never a “KGB man” or a lieutenant in the KGB (The ex-KGB man stalking the cybercriminals, page 5, Technology, January 31). He studied cryptography at a high school which was then co-sponsored by the Russian department of defence and KGB, and went [...]
February 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Dec. 4 letter to the editor described Gary McHale in a way that was not accurate. The Hamilton Spectator withdraws any suggestion that Mr. McHale has perpetrated violence in his activities at Caledonia. The Hamilton Spectator apologizes for the error. Link
February 13, 2008 – 8:00 am
There is no documented evidence to suggest dance poles sold at Condom Shack cannot bear the weight of a user. An unsubstantiated claim appeared in a Post Homes feature on Saturday. Link
February 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
Julie A. Tucker of Holland was not charged with driving while intoxicated as part of a sobriety checkpoint that state police operated Jan. 1 in the Town of Aurora, as was reported in The News on Jan. 2. State police erroneously listed her among the drivers charged.
February 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Pioneer Press front-page headline on Nov. 2 read, “Finney pal indicted in 1981 killing.” This headline may have carried the implication that Bill Finney, the retired St. Paul police chief, was involved in the grand jury murder indictment of Aaron Foster, in connection with the 1981 death of Barbara Winn. Finney is not mentioned [...]
February 8, 2008 – 8:00 am
In an article on page A10 of the Jan. 30 edition of the Citizen, a number of inaccurate statements were made about Ottawa surgeon Dr. Joel Freeman.
Dr. Freeman was never convicted of any offence over an alleged road rage incident in September 2004 and received an absolute discharge after pleading guilty to the charge of [...]
February 4, 2008 – 8:00 am
In an article ‘Get rich quick’ property training course throws caution to the wind (Money, page 8, March 31, 2007) we did not intend to suggest that Win Investing recommends tax evasion. We also accept Darren Winters’ assurance that he did not sell pyramid investments as a student at Exeter University. Link
February 4, 2008 – 8:00 am
Also last week, in “An opening night bash to Thai for”, we complimented Jonathan Roxmouth on his beautiful voice. Unfortunately, we called him Jonathan Frogmouth. We apologise for the error.
And:
We apologise to Kate Moss for any distress caused by our article last week regarding alleged events at her birthday party at the Dorchester Hotel in [...]
February 1, 2008 – 8:00 am
Musician’s life: A Critic’s Notebook in Sunday’s Arts & Music section said that the late pianist and composer Ervin Nyiregyhazi probably had an affair with the wife of conductor Artur Rodzinski. He did not. Also, a photo caption accompanying the article identified Nyiregyhazi as Romanian. He was Hungarian. Link
January 28, 2008 – 8:00 am
IN THE weekend edition of January 12-13, The Courier-Mail published an article, “Aurukun rape victim in hiding”, which incorrectly said that a 12-year-old child had been raped by her father before she was five. The Courier-Mail regrets the error, retracts the allegation and apologises to the father for any distress and embarrassment caused as a [...]
