Posts Tagged ‘incorrect corrections’

South China Morning Post makes Obama/Osama error and flubs correction

The Obama/Osama errors keep rolling in. (Read my full collection here.) The South China Morning Post distinguished itself by making the mistake in a headline and then publishing an incorrect correction: In a headline on page A2 yesterday, the US president’s first name was erroneously given instead of that of Osama bin Laden. We apologise [...]

Uh, you sure about that?

The URL for the comics survey on the front of today’s Sunday comics section, which is printed in advance, is incorrect. The correct address is http:///http://http://comicsurvey.washpost.com. Link  Report an error

Details offers an (incorrect?) Editor’s Note

Page Six yesterday noted the interesting Editor’s Note contained in the latest issue of Details. But subsequent reporting has called the Note into question. The Note basically implied that two quotes attributed to Ben Affleck in a profile were fabricated. Obviously, that’s quite serious. But Josh Kolbin at the Observer writes in a blog post [...]