In an Oct. 7 story about the disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat identified an Iranian who disappeared in Georgia as a second nuclear scientist. Asharq Al-Awsat said the man was believed to be an arms dealer. Link
Thanks, Justin!
Canberra Raiders Shaun Fensom and James Stuart were not among the Souths Logan players disciplined for an unauthorised drinking session at the Magpies’ clubhouse earlier this month, as was reported in The Canberra Times yesterday.
Neither Fensom nor Stuart was on the club’s premises following the team’s preliminary final loss on September 5.
This was a reporter’s error.
IN AN article published on September 10 “Man ‘listens to heart’ and helps mother feed twins”, we stated that Amy Pillay was HIV-positive. She is HIV-negative.
We regret the error, which occurred during editing.
A Sept. 4 Sports item about John Glenn was accompanied by an incorrect photograph. The man labeled as Glenn was another former astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Link
Because of a reporting error, a story on Thursday’s Page 2B incorrectly identified murder victim Andre Garcia. "Taz" is the nickname for defendant Roger Arias Jr.
An Aug. 24 Style article incorrectly referred to HealthSouth as an "insurance giant." HealthSouth is not an insurance company; it is a health-care provider. Link
THE photograph accompanying yesterday’s Page 1 report, ‘CEO dies during Osim triathlon’, was not of Mr Calvin Lee Wee Sing, chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom Asia, who died on Sunday.
The photograph was of Mr Christopher Lim, Vice-President of ICT Operations and a member of the management board of T-Systems Singapore.
We regret the error and offer our profound apologies to Mr Christopher Lim and his family for the distress and inconvenience caused, to Mr Lee’s family for adding to their distress at this time of grief, and to any other parties who have been distressed or inconvenienced.
Yesterday’s report also stated wrongly that Mr Lee’s daughter is 12 years old. That information was provided to the media by the event organisers. She is in fact nine.
Photographer Kat Mulkey spotted this out of date information in the Contra Costa Times:
A story Sunday about a casting call for the game show "Deal or No Deal" in East Hanover erroneously stated that Kathy Shasa, of Rockaway, named her son Duncan because of her love of Dunkin’ Donuts. It was actually her cat that was named Duncan. Shasa’s last name was also misspelled as "Shaysa."
Gary Doer, the Premier of Manitoba, was incorrectly identified as Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan, in a photo caption on the front page of some editions of yesterday’s newspaper.
And:
A column entitled "It must be asked: Did Danny have a power play?" published on page B2 of the Feb. 19, 2009, edition of The Globe and Mail contained statements referring to the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams, and the expropriation of assets formerly used in the operation of a mill by AbitibiBowater Inc. in the town of Grand Falls-Windsor. It was not the intention of the column to make statements of fact regarding the motives and intent of Mr. Williams in the matter. The Globe and Mail regrets any misunderstanding. In addition, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has not established a task force for the specific purpose of finding ways to prevent the closing of the AbitibiBowater Inc. mill, and power from hydroelectric assets formerly used at the mill have not been promised by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to Vale Inco, as was proposed in the article.
A June 16 A-section article incorrectly said that a column in Israel’s Haaretz newspaper was written by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. It was written by a Haaretz columnist. Link
Cause Celebre: The Cause Celebre column in Friday’s Calendar said that actor Morgan Freeman attended a benefit for the marine conservation group Oceana with his model girlfriend. The woman was Freeman’s longtime producing partner, Lori McCreary.
In “The arrogant eagle that won’t pull in its wings” (Business, 3 May), we incorrectly suggested that Sheikha Mouza Bint Nasser al-Misnad is the name of Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani’s wife (he is the head of Qatar Holding), and that she had met Dijana Jenkins (wife of Roger Jenkins of Barclays Bank). In fact, Sheikha Mouza Bint Nasser al-Misnad is married to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, has never met Dijana Jenkins and was not involved in the events described in the story. We apologise for the error. Link
Two dukes went wrong in a piece about the political power of walking. It was not the 8th Duke of Devonshire, but the 9th, who insisted on prosecuting ramblers who staged the “Kinder Scout trespass” on his land in 1932 (The march of progress, 8 June, page 14, Great British Walks supplement). Nor was it the 10th Duke of Norfolk who later apologised over the resulting jailings, but the 11th, as the Guardian reported in April 2002 when thousands gathered to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the march: “Suddenly the sea of Gore-Tex parted for a stooped and elderly figure wearing a long tweed coat and brown suede shoes … Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire and the biggest private landowner in the Peak District, had travelled from his stately home at Chatsworth to the village of Hayfield to make a public apology” for the actions of his grandfather. Link
Then:
A correction in this column yesterday seemed to say that the 11th Duke of Norfolk – not the 10th Duke of Norfolk as the original article had it – apologised in 2002 for the 1932 prosecution of protesting ramblers by his grandfather. In fact, as the column went on to say, the 11th Duke of Devonshire made the apology (page 30). Link
An interview with the editor of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld, said the magazine had recently featured a series of photographs of Princess Caroline of Monaco. We had the wrong Monegasque; it was Princess Stephanie (Fashion’s sharpest operator, 20 May, page 4, G2). Link
A May 16 article about an upcoming biopic of Frank Sinatra included an incorrect photo. The photo labelled as a picture of Frank Sinatra was in fact the Toronto-based Frank Sinatra tribute artist, Rick Sonata. Link
An article on Monday about resistance by prosecutors to agree to DNA tests for prison inmates misstated a point made by prosecutors in the case of Kenneth Reed, a Louisiana inmate who was convicted of rape and is seeking such a test. The prosecutors have argued that Mr. Reed’s identity is not at issue in the case because he was identified by the victim — not that he was identified by the defendant. Link
ON March 15, in the Sunday Mail, we published photographs which were said to be of Ms Hanson.
It is clear that the pictures published are not of Pauline Hanson.
We made a mistake publishing those pictures.
We apologise to Ms Hanson for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the publication.
We have learnt a valuable lesson.
This story in the Times of London helps explain the above:
Mystery surrounds a set of nude pictures allegedly taken 30 years ago of the Australian far-right politician Pauline Hanson.
The photographs, published across Australian media at the weekend, purport to show the former One Nation leader partially naked and in skimpy lingerie.
But Ms Hanson says the photographs are not her, and has threatened to bare her belly button to prove it.
In a May 7 story, msnbc.com published an incorrect photo of the suspect in the shooting at Wesleyan University. The photo was supplied by The Associated Press and credited to the university. The AP later notified the media that the wrong photo had been published, and the Police Department in Middletown, Conn., supplied a correct photo of the suspect, shown here.
A seated man with a white beard pictured yesterday under the headline Feminist friend or foe? was identified in a caption as Friedrich Engels, circa 1840. Engels was 20 in 1840. As a reader noted, judging from the photograph, Engels’s views on women (discussed in the associated article) were not only contradictory but immensely ageing. In fact it was taken in 1908, and its subject was Leo Tolstoy at age 79 (page 16, G2). Link
A photo in yesterday’s Daily News is incorrectly identified as that of Matias Reyes, the man who claims he raped a jogger in Central Park in 1989.
The photo actually shows Yusef Salaam, who was imprisoned in the attack, but later cleared of the rape. He denies involvement in the crime.
The News regrets the error.
Lakers-Clippers photo: In Sports on Monday, a photo accompanying articles about Sunday’s Lakers-Clippers game pictured Laker Lamar Odom trying to shoot over the Clippers’ Fred Jones. The caption misidentified Odom as Laker Kobe Bryant. Link
AN article published under the headline `Guards take bribes’, on page 4 of yesterday’s Townsville Bulletin incorrectly identified Iain Miller as Turnell Security Services operations manager.
Mr Miller has no ties to Turnell Security Services.
The Townsville Bulletin apologises to Mr Miller and Turnell Security Services for the error.
The story also quoted Liquor Licensing executive director Chris Watters.
Mr Watters no longer works for this office.
A Feb. 24 article that collated Internet comments in reaction to Rick Santelli’s self-described rant protesting President Barack Obama’s mortgage bailout plan included pro-Santelli remarks incorrectly attributed to “John Groskopf, Vernon Hills.” Mr. Groskopf says that he did not make those remarks, and the Tribune failed to confirm the identity of the person quoted.
Correction April 2: The headline of this post originally and incorrectly referred to John Groskop rather than John Groskopf. I regret the error. Thanks, Charlene!
The March 18 story “Just How Bad Off Is the Republican Party (Part 2)?” originally stated that Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson would not be running for governor in 2010 because of questions about a relationship with an aide. In fact, Parkinson is not running so that he can tend to his family business. A researcher confused Parkinson with former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison, who left office in 2008 because of a sex scandal. The story has been corrected. Salon regrets the error. Link
No apology?
