Photograph: A May 20 letter to the editor incorrectly said a conservative Israeli newspaper digitally scrubbed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a photo of Obama administration officials monitoring the raid on Osama bin Laden. The newspaper that altered the photo is based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Link Report an error
IN THE article “Court castigates cop”, The Times yesterday incorrectly referred to the police officer accused of murdering Janet Odendaal as “Mhlari”. The article said Mhlari had been treated for alcohol abuse. Mhlari is the magistrate who was hearing the matter. It is the accused, Sergeant Manape Kgoale, who was treated for alcohol abuse. We [...]
We wrongly called Chinese basketball star Yao Ming a baseball player (Chinese city chief orders outbreak of red song fever, 23 April, page 20). Link Report an error
A review on Dec. 26 about “Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses,” a memoir by Claire Dederer, included a misattributed quotation. While Nietzsche was not one to shy away from home decorating tropes (“I cannot stand this motley wallpaper style,” he wrote of George Sand in “Twilight of the Idols”), he is not the [...]
A REPORT in The Australian on Thursday ("Boat horror kills up to 50'', page 1) incorrectly attributed quotes to Allison Millcock, as a contractor with the Shire of Christmas Island. Ms Millcock is not a contractor for the shire. The comments describing the tragedy as "bloody carnage'' and attacking people-smugglers as "bastards'' should have been [...]
Paul Olson, president of the Nebraskans for Peace board, said immigration is an issue for Christians. He also said Nebraska is becoming a racist state that needs to interact with people of color. His quotes were incorrectly attributed to the Rev. Chuck Bentjen on Page B1 in Monday's Journal Star. Bentjen, director of Manna and [...]
In this column on the state of sexuality in America, I mistakenly quoted Nicole Queathem as the author of a mock thesis rating the sexual performance of student athletes. The real author was Karen Owen, while Nicole was only quoted by the New York Times commenting on the thesis. I not only apologize here for [...]
IN 'Mooncake sales booming despite higher prices this year' (BT, Sept 8), we quoted Regent Singapore spokeswoman Camilla Chiam as saying that there was a 'big hoo-hah' about higher mooncake ingredient prices and that the Regent Singapore had 'no choice' but to raise its mooncake prices. The two quotes are actually from another source. We [...]
Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse said that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s comments on the Afghanistan war put him “at odds with about 100 percent of the Republican Party.” The quote was incorrectly attributed to conservative commentator William Kristol in a July 3 U.S. News article about Mr. Steele’s remarks. Link Report an [...]
IN a report in The Australian yesterday (“States revolt on health plan”, Page 1) NSW Premier Kristina Keneally was quoted as saying state bureaucrats were “livid” over lack of consultation on health reforms, and that their first hint of the reforms was the cancellation of bilateral discussions. In fact, these comments were not made by [...]
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
An August 4 article on the effect parasites have on sexual reproduction attributed a quote to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In fact, the quote was from another Matthew Broderick movie, WarGames. Link Report an error
A quotation on the perspectives page in the April 13 edition of NEWSWEEK incorrectly attributed an expletive to Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, during his recent appearance on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” In fact, it was Stewart who uttered the swear word. We regret the error. Link Report [...]
In some editions, a story about the filming of a made-for-TV tanker-truck explosion in San Francisco misattributed a quote. The spectator who responded to the question “What kind of person spends half a day waiting for a fake explosion?” by saying, “Losers. … You better put a ‘LOL’ laughing out loud after that,” should have [...]
A March 1 Style article incorrectly stated that Keith Olbermann described Karl Rove as having “a head like a lump of unbaked bread dough.” That comment was made by Jon Stewart. A Feb. 25 Style article incorrectly quoted President Obama as saying, “See, I know we can get some concessions in here,” during his address [...]
We attributed the quotation “Pecunia non olet” (money has no smell) to Horace. In fact it was the Roman historian Dio Cassius who recorded the reply made by the Emperor Vespasian to complaints about a tax on public lavatories. As a result, public urinals in France have been known as “vespasiennes” (Show us the money, [...]
The Medium column on June 8, about online lists, misattributed a quotation published in Time magazine about literary lists. It was Lev Grossman who wrote that they “are basically an obscenity,†not Tom Wolfe. Link Report an error
ON November 3 and 4, 2005, The Australian published two prominent articles which made serious allegations against Sheik Abdul Salam Zoud on the basis of a speech the articles claimed he delivered. That speech was, in fact, delivered by someone else. The Australian accepts that these allegations had seriously damaging effects on Sheik Abdul Salam [...]
Because of a reporting error, a March 23 City Weekly article about the new Parkwayboston.com website incorrectly attributed a quote saying the site appeared to be designed by an eighth-grader. The comment was made by Tammy Schuetz Cook, from the blog Bostonfoodandwhine. Link Report an error
A story published March 13 about the fallout after Geraldine Ferraro said Barack Obama’s success was due to his colour quoted Hillary Clinton as saying Ferraro’s comments were “ridiculous” and “wrong-headed.” In fact, Obama described Ferraro’s remarks that way. Link Report an error
An item in the Periscope section of the Jan. 21 issue mischaracterized New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s use of the phrase “shuck and jive” as a direct reference to the political style of Sen. Barack Obama. In fact, Cuomo, a Hillary Clinton supporter, was speaking in broad terms about how candidates interact with voters [...]
Obama in Las Vegas: An article in Saturday’s Section A misquoted presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as saying, “Since I’m in Las Vegas, I’m going to say: I’m the jackpot.” Obama said, “I hit the jackpot.” And: Democrats and the economy: An article in today’s Opinion section by Robert Kuttner says that Barack Obama [...]
A quote by Lakers coach Phil Jackson reported in yesterday’s Daily News was incorrectly identified as being said about Kobe Bryant. Jackson was instead speaking about Knicks coach Isiah Thomas. Link Thanks, Daniel! Report an error
Yesterday’s Extra featured a piece by Professor Wiseman on recent media coverage of The World Cancer Research Fund’s report on cancer prevention, which we puffed on the front page as ‘Bacon sarnies are good for you – official’. We have been asked to make clear that neither Professor Wiseman nor WCRF have ever suggested that [...]
Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Sunday’s City & Region section about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s speech to the Sabeel Conference in Boston said that pro-Israel protesters could be heard inside the hall. While chants from the street could be heard, it was not possible to discern their source, and protesters with a [...]
