Adult orphans: An article in Monday’s Health section that was part of a package on how people handle their parents’ deaths focused on Larry Graber, a Santa Monica psychotherapist whose parents died within six months of each other in 2000. Although the article said Graber is an openly gay man, Graber is heterosexual. The reporter [...]
Coachella fest: A review in Monday’s Calendar section of Prince’s performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival said that Sheena Easton performed with him on “I Feel for You.” It was Chaka Khan who sang with him. The review also said that Shelby J sang a cover version of Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel.” That [...]
A “Morning Buzz” headline on Page D3 of Tuesday’s Sports section incorrectly described the role of Tennessee Titans defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones in an extortion case. According to a police report, Jones was a victim of extortion.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch today published an apology today* after it discovered that a story published last Sunday contained a number of key inaccuracies. It also admitted that the paper’s standard verification procedures “were not followed during the reporting and editing process.”
At first blush, it appears to be yet another example of an unreliable source [...]
A picture last Sunday with an essay about a crack house in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, was published in error. The three houses in the picture are on the same street as the crack house, but none of the three figured in the essay. Link
An article on March 16 profiling three sex workers in the wake of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s resignation after revelations that he patronized prostitutes misconstrued how two of the women, identified by the pseudonyms Faith O’Donnell and Sally Anderson, said they earned a living. The resulting misrepresentation of the two women’s work included a headline that [...]
A picture with a report in the World Briefing column on Thursday about early elections in Kuwait was published in error. The photograph was of the country’s prime minister, Sheik Nasser al-Mohamed al-Ahmad al-Sabah — not of the Emir of Kuwait, Sheik Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, who dissolved parliament and called for the elections. Link
The March 21 article “The Funny Thing About Black Men in Dresses” incorrectly identified the actress who played Virginiaca’s stepdaughter in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch as Natalie Portman. The role was played by Ellen Page. The article has been corrected. Link
It was incorrectly reported in Tuesday’s Tribune Chronicle that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton answered questions from voters in a local congressman’s office.
Reporter John Goodall, who was assigned to the story, spoke by telephone with Hillary Wicai Viers, who is a communications director in U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson’s staff. According to the reporter, when Viers answered [...]
The Big City column on Friday, about the clash between fantasy and reality in the prostitution scandal that ensnared Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York, referred incorrectly in some editions to Kristen, the prostitute he is said to have met in a Washington hotel last month. She was not in fact a client of Emperor’s [...]
A story on Page 20 of yesterday’s Sun about health care in Ontario incorrectly identified Lindsay McCreith as a woman. Lindsay McCreith is, in fact, a man.
February 29, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article in yesterday’s Sun incorrectly identified the Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco.
February 7, 2008 – 8:00 am
Because of an editing error, an article in some editions on Saturday about a ruling giving absentee voters in New Jersey the right to cast another ballot if their candidate quit the presidential race misidentified, in some copies, the political affiliation of two candidates who dropped out. Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Gov. Bill [...]
February 6, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because of a reporting error, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. was misidentified as a ballplayer in Monday’s Names column. Link
January 28, 2008 – 8:00 am
In Jim Slotek’s review of the film All Hat published in yesterday’s Toronto Sun, the late Bruno Kirby was listed as one of the stars. In fact, it is Luke Kirby who stars in the movie, and he is very much alive. The Sun apologizes to Luke and regrets the error.
January 24, 2008 – 8:00 am
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 [...]
January 24, 2008 – 8:00 am
In a report on a murder trial in the Cape Town High Court carried by the Cape Times late last year, it was incorrectly stated that the name of Limpopo Premier Sello Moloto had been mentioned during proceedings.
The trial concerned the death of five-year-old Aakifah Salie who was killed by her stepfather, George Mugalula.
Mugalula told [...]
January 23, 2008 – 8:46 pm
James Dobson, founder and chair of Focus on the Family, is not an ordained minister. He was incorrectly referred to as a reverend in a Jan. 13 review of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. The Star regrets the error. Link
More of this series here, here and here.
January 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
Kevin Knarr of Hopatcong was sentenced Friday in Superior Court to pay $1,955 in fines and to register under Megan’s Law as a convicted sex offender. A news brief in some editions yesterday incorrectly identified the person sentenced in the case as Kevin Boula.
Boula had in fact been “sentenced to three years in prison for [...]
January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am
A caption accompanying a photo of Chelsea Clinton on Monday misidentified the girl with whom she was talking, and a correction on Tuesday misspelled her name. The girl was ReNeen Williams. LinkThanks, Mad Dog!
January 17, 2008 – 8:00 am
A Jan. 9 headline incorrectly stated that a mother faces charges after a boy’s hands were dipped into a pot of boiling water. The 22-year-old Belleville woman charged with aggravated assault in connection with serious burns suffered by a 3-year-old boy is not the boy’s mother. The Star regrets the error. Link
January 16, 2008 – 8:00 am
A timeline of Barry Manilow’s career in Friday’s On the Town section mischaracterized Bruce Johnston as a Beach Boys sideman. He is a member of the Beach Boys. Link
January 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
In our review of John Bolton’s memoir, “Surrender is Not an Option”, we referred to Rush Limbaugh as a television talk-show host. He is, of course, best known for his radio show. In the same issue a misattributed photograph led us to run a picture of Gertrude Lawrence with Ivor Novello instead of Noël Coward [...]
December 18, 2007 – 8:00 am
A GEELONG County Court report “Partners in drug crime” (Geelong Advertiser, Saturday, December 15) concerned Scott Sheppard, 40, charged with trafficking amphetamines and his partner Nanette Blackney, 36, charged with using the drug.
Both pleaded guilty before his honour Judge David Parsons, unfortunately one reference in our report substituted Sheppard with Judge Parsons.
We sincerely apologise to [...]
December 5, 2007 – 8:00 am
Craig Betancourt, the Groton man charged with killing 2-year-old Treau Bemis in September, is the fiancé of the child’s aunt, Kimberly Bemis. A story on Page B1 on Nov. 21 incorrectly described Betancourt as the child’s mother’s fiancé. Link
