A Samsung executive, in a conference call with analysts on Jan. 28, said that sales to consumers of Galaxy Tab were "quite smooth." A technology story erroneously quoted the executive as saying they were "quite small." Link Report an error
A Jan. 11 article about America's toxic political rhetoric and the motivation of accused assassin Jared Lee Loughner incorrectly said Fox News host Glenn Beck had branded Loughner as "not just a nut job, but as a left-wing nut job." In fact, what Beck said on air Jan. 10 was, "This man wasn't a right-wing [...]
In an interview for a story on Page B4 on Saturday, Margaret Brown said she "lived for a while within the Muslim society of Istanbul, Turkey, where they wanted to kill Israelis." Brown wishes to clarify that it was two non-Turkish students who expressed those sentiments. "I heard no general animus against Israel in Turkey [...]
Because of an editing error, an article on Friday about the annual televised question-and-answer broadcast by Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in which he addressed a broad range of questions submitted by Russians, misstated one of them. It was, “What is the secret of your success?” — not “What is the secret of [...]
A long and self-critical quote was attributed to Picasso in a column examining the value of this artist's work. However, the interview in which the painter supposedly spoke – saying he did not "consider myself an artist in the ancient sense of the word" – is widely thought by art experts to have been fabricated [...]
A Names & Faces item in the Nov. 27 Style section, about a Johns Hopkins University course based on the HBO drama series "The Wire," misquoted the show's creator, David Simon, who visited the class this semester. According to Simon and the Baltimore Sun, he responded to a student's question about hopeful signs for her [...]
In Thursday's front page story about Betty Gusler surviving the loss of her mother and son in the flood of 1985, a quote should have read "The death of a child is not something you're supposed to go through. You should not outlive your children." The word "not" was omitted from the second sentence of [...]
Josh Groban: An article about singer Josh Groban in the Oct. 31 Arts & Books section said that songwriter Dan Wilson collaborated on the Dixie Chicks album "Not Ready to Make Nice." The name of the album was "Taking the Long Way." Also, the article misspelled the word "click" as "clique" in one of Groban's [...]
TOWNSVILLE City Council chief executive Ray Burton was quoted in Saturday's edition saying the role of a new strategic policy advisor had been created "to deal with some of the issues your paper (the Townsville Bulletin) has created". This was wrong. Mr Burton said the position had been created "to deal with some of the [...]
An article on Thursday about the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in Delaware, Christine O’Donnell, quoted incorrectly from comments by the political strategist Karl Rove about her candidacy. During an interview on Fox News Channel, Mr. Rove said that Ms. O’Donnell had said “a lot of nutty things.” He did not say she [...]
In a feature looking at the subject of postnatal depression among fathers, we should have quoted Andy Maxwell as saying "a stay-at-home dad is still unusual – parenthood as a full-time role is still considered women's work". Instead, our shorthand version of the last part of his remark had him seeming to say "full-time parenting [...]
A STORY in yesterday's Monitor quoted state Rep. Mary Griffin, a Windham Republican, as saying she plans to vote for Jennifer Horn in Tuesday's Republican primary in the 2nd District. Griffin confirmed she did say she would support Horn, but says she should have said she would support Horn if Griffin wasn't already a Rockingham [...]
A piece quoted Al Jolson as ringing the death knell for silent film with the words: "You ain't seen nothin' yet." That should have been: "You ain't heard nothin' yet" (Film: Metropolis proved that silents could still be golden, 4 September, page 19, Guide). Link Report an error
The Political Times column on Thursday, about Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and his approach toward the federal debt, characterized his view of the Social Security Trust Fund incorrectly. Mr. Blumenauer said he believes that the fund, backed by government securities, is solvent and will remain so for decades to come, but he argues that [...]
Our attempt to expose the decline of opportunities to learn a foreign language in Britain was marred by errors in a foreign language, as well as one in English. Willy Brandt, the former West German chancellor, was quoted as having once said: “If I’m selling I’m happy to speak to you in English. But if [...]
In a story July 27 about Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., The Associated Press, relying on a preliminary transcript from StreetEvents.com, erroneously reported a quote by President and CEO Marc Casper. Casper’s correct quote: “We are especially pleased with our organic growth results given the head winds of a weak flu season and the Biosite contract [...]
In a July 25 story, The Associated Press reported that former CIA Director Michael Hayden told CNN’s “State of the Union” that U.S. military action against Iran now “seems inexorable.” A spokeswoman for Hayden responded that he made his reference to Iran’s push toward acquiring a nuclear program and not to military action. Link Report [...]
AN ARTICLE on page 15 of yesterday’s Daily Telegraqh was headlined “Wife killer a greedy devil”. At no stage during the sentence submissions of Mr Desmond Campbell did the Crown Prosecutor, Mark Tedeschi QC, describe Mr Campbell as “a greedy devil”. Report an error
In a report about Jonathan Ross’s final chat show on BBC1, we quoted his guest Jackie Chan as saying: “I don’t want to be an actor who can fight. I want to be a fighter who can act.” In fact, he said the opposite: “I want to be an actor who can fight. I don’t [...]
Pavan Sukhdev, head of a UN investigation into how to stop the destruction of the natural world, should not have been described in an article as a former adviser to the Indian government. He has never held that role. He was wrongly quoted as saying: “The purpose of a corporation is to be selfish.” His [...]
In a June 17 “Politics,” John Dickerson misquoted BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg as calling residents of the Gulf “little people.” He called them “small people.” Link Report an error
A May 25 Style review of Zev Chafets’s book “Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One” incorrectly quoted the book as reporting that Limbaugh thought of President George H.W. Bush as “a pretty, country club moderate.” That sentence in the book reads, “Bush struck him as a preppy, country club moderate, an Ivy League snob.” The [...]
In our Saturday post about the California Democratic Party’s ad attacking Meg Whitman but masquerading as an “issues ad,†we described the abrupt ending to our conversation with CDP Chairman John Burton. Through his spokesman, Burton on Monday complained that he had been misquoted. Burton says he didn’t say “Fuck you.†His actual words were, [...]
Due to an error in transcribing an audio recording of a roundtable, an incorrect quote was attributed to Claire Mackay, of Quantum Financial Services, in the February – March 2010 edition of Professional Planner. Mackay referred to “… planners who are putting their clients’ best interests first, who are not tied to product manufacturers …â€. [...]
In an April 21 story about the U.S. strategy against Iran’s nuclear program, The Associated Press incorrectly reported a press briefing comment by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy. Flournoy said U.S. military action against Iran was “not on the table in the near term,” rather than “off the table in the near term.” [...]
