In congratulating Cathy Smith for her win in the Democratic primary for Monroe County treasurer, Regina Malloy said, “If elected in the general election, I hope she does a good job in the treasurer’s office.” She was incorrectly quoted in Wednesday’s H-T as saying she hoped Smith would win the general election.
The H-T regrets the [...]
Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shares might not be the best investment for some investors. A Money & Investing article in some editions Monday incorrectly stated that he said the company wasn’t a good investment opportunity. Link
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We misquoted the second part of an aphorism by the Mishnaic scholar Old Hillel. It is “If I am for myself alone what am I?” and not “If I am not for myself alone what am I?” (page 8, Review, April 19).
A remark by Jim King, director of the ARC of Volusia, quoted Monday referred to a lack of reading skills by mentally disabled workers. Actually, the quote referred only to a 42-year-old woman mentioned later in the story. Link
In a report on page 3 of The Australian on April 10, “Girl from the Gong to take on the world”, it was stated that a contestant at the Miss World Australia beauty pageant had said she “believed in injustice and inequality”. This was incorrect. The contestant said: “I believe in justice, equality and integrity.” [...]
In Mathew Norman’s column (28 March) he wrote that Barbara Roche had described asylum-seekers begging with their children as “vile”. In fact she was describing the practice of using children as an aid to begging. We apologise for misrepresenting Mrs. Roche’s position. Link
In an April 3 story about Mega Millions winner David Sneath, The Associated Press reported erroneously Sneath’s comment about what kind of a car he would buy. He didn’t say he would not buy a Ford product. His correct quote was: “I worked for Ford Motor Company. I won’t be buying a foreign product.” Link
The [...]
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 [...]
In the previous issue, the article City of the Dead inadvertently attributed quotes to Jack Fisher described as “the trustee of the Jewish section” of Rookwood Cemetery. The(sydney)magazine accepts that the words quoted were not those of Mr Fisher and do not represent his views in any way. We apologise unreservedly to Mr Fisher for [...]
The Courtland Milloy column in the March 19 Metro section incorrectly said that Fox News anchor Brit Hume referred to Barack Obama’s speech on race as “blaming whites.” Hume did not say or imply that. Link
McCain foreign policy: In an article in Sunday’s Section A about John McCain’s views on foreign policy over the last 25 years, Nixon Center President Dimitri Simes was described as saying that McCain had privately assured some prominent supporters that “his more exuberant statements don’t necessarily reflect his real views.” However, Simes did not say [...]
Pretoria News Weekend (March 15) erroneously said in a headline on page 2 that Tshwane executive mayor Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, in her state of the city address, had asked businesses not to employ immigrants.
In fact, she said the Tshwane Metro Council was concerned about illegal immigrants and urged construction companies and other businesses not to [...]
In some March 8 editions, an A-section article about the resignation of an aide to Sen. Barack Obama paraphrased James P. Rubin, an adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, as saying the incident showed that Obama is not prepared to be commander in chief. Rubin did not say that. Link
A photo caption with a March 12 Food article about global warming and wine incorrectly implied that Doug Shafer, owner of Shafer Vineyards in California, is skeptical about climate change. He said only that he has not seen evidence of climate change at his vineyard. Link
February 29, 2008 – 8:00 am
Presidential debate: A news analysis Friday in Section A of the Democratic debate in Texas between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton said that before the New Hampshire primary, former President Clinton had called Obama’s candidacy a “fairy tale.” Clinton called Obama’s account of his opposition to the war in Iraq, not his candidacy, “the [...]
February 28, 2008 – 8:00 am
A column Wednesday on the Perspectives page by community columnist Jim Norton misquoted a line from William Shakespeare. The quote is “Now is the winter of our discontent,” not “This is the winter of our discontent.” Link
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February 27, 2008 – 8:00 am
A report Friday in the City & State section about an anti-war rally on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus misquoted Iraq war veteran Jason Hurd. The story quoted Hurd as saying, “I went to Iraq to help people, but instead I ended up shooting civilians.” Hurd did not say that he shot civilians but spoke about [...]
February 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
In Cameron warns farmers of global food shortages, February 19, guardian.co.uk, we reported that the Conservative leader said people in China and India are eating more meat, which means less grain is needed. In fact he said that the increase in the consumption of meat means that farmers now feed 250m more tonnes of grain [...]
February 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
A front-page article on Thursday about deadly tornadoes in the South included an outdated quotation from Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee that was taken from a Web site erroneously. His comment describing the tornado as the “wrath of God,” and depicting the houses stripped to their foundations, was one he made about a tornado in [...]
February 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
In a Feb. 6 story about a Court of Appeal hearing concerning Great Glasses, lawyer Louis Frapporti was quoted as saying his client, Bruce Bergez, “was played like a violin.” The remark referred to the actions of legal counsel for the College of Optometrists and not the actions of Superior Court Justice David Crane.
The Spectator [...]
February 7, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Investor Warren Buffett* said at a press event on Wednesday that the the US dollar would be “worth less” if the country continues to run a deficit. Unfortunately, a Dow Jones wire story reported him as saying it would be “worthless.” Buffett then called up CNBC this morning to clarify his statement, which had already [...]
February 1, 2008 – 9:01 am
In the Jan. 23 issue of Wednesday Journal, River Forest Village President Frank Paris is quoted saying, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parent. Those kinds of questions can’t be asked.” What Mr. Paris actually said was, “I’ll answer any question except if you ask [...]
January 24, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: In an article entitled “Allegiance unsure of Jinchuan in Zinifex fight”, published on page 23 of The Australian on Friday, January 18, Allegiance chairman Tony Howland-Rose was quoted as referring to major shareholder Jinchuan as a “right bunch of cookies.” The quote should have been “a bright bunch of cookies.” The Australian apologises for [...]
January 17, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article on Jan. 3 about an announcement by the Suffolk County, N.Y., district attorney that he would not retry Martin Tankleff in the 1988 murders of his parents after his conviction was overturned by a state appellate court misquoted, in some copies, Judge Stephen Braslow of Suffolk County Court, who had refused Mr. Tankleff’s [...]
January 17, 2008 – 8:00 am
Trisha Smith, the owner of the Posh & Naughty boutique at 2576 East Main Rd., said yesterday that she is not on welfare, as was reported in yesterday’s Providence Journal, but would be a mother on welfare if her landlord puts her out of business by evicting her. Smith has two children.
Smith’s landlord, Samuels Realty, [...]
