Posts Tagged ‘incomplete corrections’

And that’s all we’re telling you

An Oct. 20 headline in our tech-science section erroneously reported an Apple product announcement. Link  Report an error

And that’s all we’re telling you

Metro Pest Control has never been called to inspect or treat City Hall for bedbugs.  Report an error

Breitbart’s Shirley Sherrod correction leaves much to be desired

Talking Points Memo has dubbed it “The Mother Of Bogus Corrections.” After setting off outrage that drove the news cycle for days and caused the firing of an official, this is what Andrew Breitbart added as a correction on his post with the now-infamous Shirley Sherrod video: Correction: While Ms. Sherrod made the remarks captured [...]

And that’s all we’re telling you

A different version of this article ran in Saturday’s print edition. This version has been corrected. Link A totally useless correction. Thanks, Brent!  Report an error

Home of the whopper

A misreading of a Department of Water Resources Web site led to a whopper of an error in Monday’s front-page story on the current storm. Since the beginning of the year, water levels at Lake Oroville have risen a bit more than 15 feet. Link So the error was big enough to deem a whopper, [...]

So who said it?

Due to an editing error, a quote in a story last Saturday about Naomi Klein was wrongfully attributed to Avi Lewis. Mr. Lewis was not interviewed for the story. Link Lewis and Klein are married.  Report an error

Prof. Hawking is alive and in the UK, thank you very much

Editor’s Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK. Link Oh, but there’s so much more to this Editor’s Note from Investor’s Business Daily. It omits the original, ridiculous statement contained in the editorial. And here it [...]

Cincinnati Enquirer blogger/columnist mistakes fake Franken photo for the real deal

Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Peter Bronson writes a blog called "Bronson is Always Right." It appears he takes the title a little too seriously. Here’s a post of his from this week: Last week I posted a blog about comedian Al Franken joining the Senate (here), including a picture of Franken wearing bunny ears and a [...]

“Numerous errors,” but we’ll only tell you about one

OOPS! We have egg on our face over yesterday’s front page about new “street eats” in the city. Our graphic contained numerous errors, including misspelling Eglinton Ave. We apologize to our readers and cartographers everywhere. Link  Report an error

Phantom photo

A page-one article Wednesday about Little Rock, Ark.’s namesake rock was accompanied in some editions by a picture of a man named Andre Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd wasn’t mentioned in the article. Link  Report an error

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A story in Wednesday’s paper contained a quote attributed to Evanston police commander Tom Guenther that was taken out of context.  Report an error

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In the Special Report on the Irish Antique Dealers Fair by Alanna Gallagher in the edition of September 20th, the comments on Irish art attributed to James Gorry of the Gorry Gallery on Molesworth Street in Dublin were not made by him. Link  Report an error

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In a ruling cited in the July 18 New York Post, state Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman was referring to the alleged “outrageous and disgraceful” conduct of Speaker Sheldon Silver.  Report an error

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is suing the Liberal Party of Canada. Incorrect information appeared yesterday in the Financial Post. Link Thanks, Morgan!  Report an error

So who did?

A story published June 26 about the Mexican consular officials in Vancouver claiming that Mexicans are singled out at B.C. borders said that the B.C. Federation of Labour represented B.C. prison guards and that the federation told CBC that 45 male prisoners were being held in isolation. In fact, the B.C. Federation of Labour does [...]

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A story Saturday on a Toronto page contained incorrect information. Link This was one of two June 17 corrections issued by the paper. The other correction appears to have no relation to this entry  because it refers to a story published on Monday, rather than Saturday. So is this really the full correction, or did [...]

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Due to a production error, incorrect information appeared on the sports results page in some editions of yesterday’s paper. The Post regrets the error. Link  Report an error