In his Friday essay on 15 April 2011 (“The Arab Awakening – a long time coming”) Robert Fisk quoted from an order said to have been issued by the Saudi Minister of the Interior, HRH Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud on 11 March, in which he alleged that Prince Nayef ordered his security forces [...]
While the world is focused on the actions of the now-defunct News of the World (and possibly other British tabloids), on Friday eight British newspapers issued apologies for outrageous, prominent and defamatory front pages and articles that falsely painted Christopher Jefferies as a murderer. The Tabloid Watch blog has an excellent overview of the issue [...]
Stories – 15 May 2009 and 8 May 2010 – concerning the expenses and allowances of Shahid Malik when he was an MP incorrectly stated that he had paid a discounted rent on his constituency home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and that his expenses claims were the highest of any MP. Mr Malik was later [...]
Correction: the original version of this post indicated that [Tucson Catholic] Bishop Kicanas admitted to performing oral sex on West, which, clearly, is not the case. Kicanas merely asked the Board to spare West’s life. It was West’s former neighbor who admitted to performing oral sex on him. The post has since been modified. Link [...]
On July 3, 2011, an item in the Naked Eye column referred to a play called The Table of Knowledge based on the ICAC investigation into Wollongong City Council. The item incorrectly stated that Michael Kollaras had a sexual relationship with town planner Beth Morgan. The Sun-Herald now acknowledges that any such allegation against Michael [...]
Two articles published on the 7th and 9th April 2010 concerned the discovery at Liverpool John Lennon Airport that Willi Jarant, aged 91, had died prior to check-in for a flight to Germany and the subsequent arrest of his widow, Gitta Jarant and step-daughter, Anke Anusic. The first article was headed “Women attempt to get [...]
Articles on the death of Curt Willi Jarant suggested that two family members, Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic, had attempted to smuggle Mr Jarant’s corpse on to a flight from Liverpool to Berlin, thereby apparently committing a criminal offence of failing to give notification of death. That allegation was untrue, as was the [...]
The Hockey News deeply regrets and retracts the publication of its June 9, 2011 story entitled: “Source: Craig Leipold to acquire additional 40 percent of Minnesota Wild if minority owner Philip Falcone forced out.” The story appeared on thehockeynews.com. The story was erroneous concerning the proceedings of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and [...]
“Secret tapes, Coulson’s exit and the riddle of the story that won’t go away” (In Focus, 23 January) reported claims from sources that, owing to a “growing drink problem”, former News of the World journalist Ray Chapman “started secretly taping conversations with his colleagues and editors” and that these tapes might assist in confirming allegations [...]
Statements contained in an article published on 7 March, headed “Babies who are born at 23 weeks should be left to die, says NHS chief”, were wrongly attributed to Dr Daphne Austin, who is a medical consultant specialist employed by the NHS. They were made in a programme in which Dr Austin participated and were [...]
On May 15 we said Tim Henman was being paid £200,000 by the BBC for commentating at Wimbledon this year. In fact we have been informed that his fee will be substantially less than that. We apologise for the mistake and are happy to set the record straight. Link Via Tabloid Watch. Report an error
In our extract from Matthew Norman’s book ‘You Cannot be Serious’ (December 28th 2010) we suggested that Alan Green engineered the replacement of Graham Taylor in the commentary box following an argument and that he drove Mark Saggers into the arms of rival Talk Sport. We accept that this was not the case and apologise [...]
In an essay about popular unrest in the Arab world headed:A long time coming (15 April) we referred to an order said to have been given by HRH Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud on 11 March this year. We said that Prince Nayef, the Saudi minister of the interior, ordered security forces to show [...]
On April 28th, The Coast published an article online and in print, regarding Dr. Stan Kutcher. In that article, The Coast referenced, without limitation or criticism, statements to the effect that, Dr. Kutcher, being one of the authors of a research paper, distorted the outcome measures and essentially lied. The Coast retracts those statements and [...]
Star magazine featured a rare cover line on its most recent issue: “Star Apologizes to Katie Holmes – Inside.” No, you don’t see magazines, let alone gossips magazines, trumpet corrections/apologies on the cover. When it happens, you can bet there were some serious errors made about someone with access to good lawyers. Here’s the resulting [...]
In an article “Many accusations of spying but few facts as Karmapa accused of spying” published on February 9, a Tibetan political activist was reported as saying that Mr Shamarpa Rinpoche, a senior figure in the Karma Kagyu Buddhist sect, was trying to demonize Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who is recognised by the Dalai Lama as [...]
The article said that Mr Pritchard had attacked BA cabin crew in the House of Commons for their strike action and quoted Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley as saying that "their union-busting charge is being led by someone with his snout in BA's trough." This was in reference to a question raised in Parliament [...]
AN item published in The Australian on November 15 (Strewth, “Losing the threads'', page 13) referred to a report in The Zimbabwe Guardian that Jacqueline Zwambila, the Zimbabwean ambassador to Australia, stripped to her underwear in front of three male embassy officials. Ms Zwambila denies the allegations, and a governmental investigation in Zimbabwe has cleared [...]
In a story posted March 8, entitled "Sports Agent Stole $300K From MLB Star," financial manager, Toni Chiricosta, was erroneously identified as being involved with Rodney Fernandez, a sports agent, who was charged with grand theft from Los Angeles Angel's first baseman, Kendry Morales. Mr. Chiricosta has not been accused of any wrongdoing and was [...]
The Chronicle, in a July 18, 2010, review of the book "The Big Lie," accused David A. Kaplan, formerly of Newsweek, of "flagrant ethical blindness." The basis of the charge was that Kaplan wrote a Newsweek cover story about venture capitalist Tom Perkins' involvement in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom scandal while Kaplan was also at work [...]
On 31 July 2010 an article headlined "A tour of the jail within a jail that houses Britain's most dangerous convicts" about the High Security Unit at Belmarsh Prison wrongly suggested that Garikoitz Ibarlucea Murua was amongst those held in that unit. In fact Mr Ibarlucea was only ever remanded at Wandsworth prison as a [...]
In articles we wrote and published in the Toronto Sun and its website on Dec. 18, 2010 and Jan. 2, 2011, entitled "TTC Union Needs to be Curbed" and "Rob Ford's big fight: Levy," we stated that Bob Kinnear, the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113, is a union mob boss. We acknowledge [...]
In our article, ‘Reuters rocked by scandal over staff’s undisclosed shareholdings’ (19 October 2010) we alleged that Margaret Doyle, a financial journalist, had breached Reuters’ internal rules on share ownership and dealing. This was not true. She had observed the rules at all times, a fact confirmed by Reuters. We apologise to Ms Doyle for [...]
Further to an article about the murder of Edmond Safra, we wish to make it clear there was no intention to suggest that Mr Safra's widow Lily was involved in his death. We accept that there is no basis for such a suggestion and apologise for any distress caused. Link Report an error
An article – headlined WikiLeaks cables reveal that Foreign Office lied to parliament over Diego Garcia – could have been taken to suggest that Chris Bryant MP lied to parliament in his former post of Foreign Office minister. That is not the case. We apologise to Mr Bryant for suggesting otherwise (2 December, guardian.co.uk). Link [...]
