An article on Page 4 of Wednesday's Local section about an IRS inquiry into the Miccosukee Tribe's gambling profits was accompanied by an incorrect photograph of former Miccosukee tribal chairman Billy Cypress. The incorrect photograph depicted the late Billy L. Cypress of the Seminole Tribe, who founded the museum that holds the largest collection of [...]
Alongside a story about the Palestinian-Israeli talks in Washington, a side panel showed some of the main people involved (Key figures at the White House, 2 September, page 22). In early editions, the thumbnail photo of "King Abdullah II" showed the king of Saudi Arabia instead of the king of Jordan. Link Report an error
A woman accused of the attempted murder of Gabriela Spanic, an actor in Mexico, is said to have been slowly poisoning her and her family by adding tiny amounts of ammonium sulphate to their food. The name of the chemical was incorrectly translated from the Mexican police report that actually refers to ammonium sulfide, which [...]
An Aug. 24 headline and photo caption described “summit protesters” checking in for a court appearance relating to charges from the G20 summit. Some in the photo were not among those charged but were counsel representing them, including Toronto lawyer David Midanik and his articling student. As well, the headline incorrectly stated that those charged [...]
A photo that ran with a story yesterday about ascam artist taking advantage of local businesses was of the wrong person. Two men who share the same name and a similar appearance were mistaken for one another by multiple eyewitnesses. When a Tribune reporter presented a photo of Michael Lee Christopher Bishop, 27, to three [...]
On Page 7 of Friday’s Ticket, a photo of Bruce Springsteen was incorrectly identified as Bob Dylan. Link Report an error
An Alaska Digest item on Page A-4 Friday about the cause of a fire that destroyed a parade float incorrectly described the group Imperial Court of Alaska. It is not a gay rights group, but a charitable fundraising organization, according to a group spokesman. Link Report an error
A picture of Pearl Te Amo, sent to prison for drink- driving causing death and for failing to stop after the accident, was incorrectly captioned yesterday as Michelle Grace (pictured), who was the victim of the fatal crash. We apologise to the extended Grace family for the distress this mistake caused. *Correction July 24: The [...]
IN this week’s paper edition of the Barry & District News, the front page story relates to the murder of Mr Jeff Akers by Mark Malone. The picture that appears, captioned as Malone, is incorrect. The picture is not Malone, but is in fact Mr Cris Akers, the nephew of Jeff Akers – who is [...]
In last Thursday’s The Score column about superstar teen athletes, we ran a picture of a baseball player who we said was Bob Feller. It was really a picture of Ted Williams. Feller was pitching to Williams but was not in the photograph. Link Report an error
In a June 8 story on ESPN.com, Chris Wallace was misidentified as a reporter for ABC News doing a special report on Stephen Strasburg’s major league debut. Wallace is a reporter for FOX News who attended the game as a fan. The reference to Wallace has been removed. Link Report an error
IN our report on April 25 last of the fatal shooting of Eamon Dunne, a photograph was captioned to identify the subject as the late Paul “Farmer” Martin, a well-known criminal, who was shot dead in the Jolly Toper in August 2009. Due to an error, the photograph was in fact of another Paul Martin [...]
A May 18 article about the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on Monday morning incorrectly identified Devante Beard as the victim. In fact, Devante Beard, 16, a student at York Memorial Collegiate, was not the victim in this shooting. The Star apologizes to Beard and his family. As Toronto police reported yesterday, the name [...]
California condor: In Thursday’s LATExtra section, a credit on a photograph of a condor and egg misspelled the last name of photographer Gavin Emmons as Emmonds. Also, it credited him as being a photographer for the Associated Press. He is with the National Park Service. Link Report an error
Walt Baker, former CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association who recently lost his job for forwarding an e-mail insulting first lady Michelle Obama, was incorrectly identified Wednesday as Ward Baker, a political and business consultant, in a column by Mark Cook. That column was published Wednesday in the Brentwood Journal, the Franklin Review Appeal, and [...]
A PICTURE caption on page 6 of yesterday’s newspaper about two men who died in a car accident stated that one, former Parkes mayor Robert Wilson, had lost his grandson in another car accident some years earlier. It was in fact the other victim, Kevin Marshall, who had previously lost his grandson. The Daily Telegraph [...]
A video that appeared on newsday.com March 5-8 about a Garden City woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband incorrectly included images of a man who is not her husband and who is unrelated to the story. Report an error
Kudos to Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post for capturing this New York Times photo caption error (click for larger): Report an error
Some editions of Tuesday’s Spectator contained the wrong photo of Hamilton broadcaster Brian Williams. A picture of an NBC broadcaster of the same name ran in error. Link Report an error
A photograph in Thursday’s Toronto Sun incorrectly identified a woman as ex-stripper Suwalee Iamkhong leaving a hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board. The Sun apologizes to the woman (who requested her name not be used) for any embarrassment. Report an error
In the Feb. 18, “Movies,” Dana Stevens incorrectly identified actor Elias Koteas as Robert DeNiro. She also incorrectly identified producer Val Lewton as a director. Link Report an error
Meredith Vieira was asked who she thought would light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies in Vancouver, and she gave a very strange answer. Vieira confused Canadian actor Michael J. Fox with Canadian cancer activist and athlete Terry Fox, who died in 1981. They even managed to use photos of both men: Thanks, Liam! [...]
THE picture of Randy Jackson shows the judge from American Idol and not Randy Jackson the brother of Michael. (First edition only – corrected in later editions, page 15, February 2). Report an error
In the Sunday Morning Post two days ago, we reported the death of Malaysia’s former king Sultan Iskandar Ismail. However, the accompanying picture was of King Syed Sirajuddin, who ruled between 2001 and 2006 and who is still alive. We apologise for the error and any misunderstanding it caused. Report an error
A photo caption in some editions of Monday’s Spectator incorrectly identified New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees as Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre. We apologize for the error. Link Report an error
