A photograph published in the Toronto Sun Friday incorrectly identified a person who has the same name as a dead drug dealer. The photo showed Shawn James, winner of a Harry Jerome Award in 2005 and a social worker with UrbanPromise Toronto, a Christian-based community initiative working with children, youth and single mothers. He is [...]
A photo of Arindam Ghosh, a vice president at consulting firm Analysis Group, appeared with a Wednesday article about the Galleon insider-trading case. Because of incorrect information provided by Bloomberg News, Mr. Ghosh was misidentified as Intel Corp. executive Rajiv Goel, a defendant in the Galleon case. Link Report an error
In the Dec. 8 Broadsheet post “‘Curing’ Gays Turns to Killing,” Richard Cohen, author of “Coming Out Straight: Understanding and Healing Homosexuality,” was incorrectly referred to as a Washington Post columnist. There is a newspaper columnist of the same name, but he is a different person. Link Report an error
An article on Tuesday about the current mayor’s race in Atlanta misstated the race of a candidate for mayor there in 2001. That candidate, Robb Pitts, is African-American, not white. Link Report an error
The caption to a photograph on page 7 of Saturday’s Times wrongly stated that it showed Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, when it was actually Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, former ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates. Link Report an error
Former minor pro hockey player Justin Bourne is an advocate of gay rights and outspoken about the challenges athletes face when “coming out” in pro sports. His passion for the cause stems in part from the fact that he has a gay family member and from some of the attitudes he saw during his own [...]
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! Report an error
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 [...]
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. Report an error
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 Report an error
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. Report an error
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 Report an error
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 [...]
Photographer Kat Mulkey spotted this out of date information in the Contra Costa Times: Report an error
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." Report an [...]
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 [...]
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 Report an error
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. Report an error
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). [...]
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 [...]
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 Report an error
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 Report an error
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
