A map showing reported deaths in Syria since protests began at the beginning of the year contained some errors. The Golan Heights were located north of Damascus, some distance from the Israeli border. The city of Idlib appeared twice, once in its correct location and again near Hama. The same city, normally referred to in [...]
IN the Buletin Utama report aired on 7.06.2007, the Nightline report aired on 8.06.2007 and the Buletin Pagi report aired on 8.06.2007, we TV3 reported about a suit brought by Syed Ahmad Tun Nasir and his wife, Syarifah Rugayah Binti Ahmad Alsagoff, against the prominent corporate figure, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Halim bin Mohammad (“Tan [...]
An obituary last Sunday about Basil D’Oliveira, the South African cricket player, misstated Mr. D’Oliveira’s age when he immigrated to England. He was in his late 20s, not ”well into his 30s.” The obituary also misstated the first year the South African cricket team played an international match after South Africa canceled a visit by [...]
An obituary of Richard Scott, the former chair of the Scott Trust, contained errors. The obituary stated that CP Scott was the editor of the Manchester Guardian from 1871 to 1932, when in fact he retired in 1929, to be succeeded by his son Ted. In an appreciation of Richard Scott it was stated that [...]
Our September 2011 issue contained several errors of fact. The article about Rick Perry’s political career ["The Great Campaigner"] stated that Perry has won ten contested elections. The correct number is eleven. (The 1990 Republican primary for agriculture commissioner was inadvertently omitted from our list.) Kenneth Neighbours, Perry’s opponent in the 1984 Democratic primary for [...]
The Guardian published articles about Aston Villa which contained a number of inaccuracies that might have led some readers to believe that Martin O’Neill’s management of the football club cost “phenomenal” sums of money with very little by way of success and that as a result he was justifiably dismissed without compensation. We accept that [...]
A REPORT was published in the Carmarthen Journal dated October 12 headlined Farmer in tirade after officers visit over sewage spill. In the report it was stated that Robert Adrian Maskell was arrested. This was not the case. We are happy to clarify and apologise for any distress or embarrassment caused. The report said that [...]
A music review on Sept. 5 about the Rock the Bells hip-hop show on Governors Island, where 11 albums were performed in their entirety, included several errors. The rapper who made the album “Heavy Mental” is Killah Priest, not Killa Priest. The album by Raekwon re-enacted at the concert is “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx,” [...]
An article on Monday about the excitement in the Russian republic of Dagestan generated by an elite Cameroonian soccer player hired by an obscure club there that is owned by Sulyman Kerimov, a Russian oligarch, misstated the salary of the player, Samuel Eto’o. He is being paid $30 million per season, not $30 million over [...]
An article in some editions on Nov. 25 about a dispute involving turkeys sold at farmers’ markets in New York by Tamarack Hollow Farm contained several errors. The financier who invested in the farm, Michael Liebis, was born in Israel, not Brooklyn. And while Mr. Liebis and Mike Betit, the owner of the farm, in [...]
A feature article about Fukushima six months after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant contained some errors. References to the amount of radiation a person receives during a chest x-ray were incorrect: the amount is 0.1 millisieverts, not 0.1 microsieverts. We also incorrectly stated [...]
In a Sept. 8 story about a South African girl with progeria, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Ontlametse Phalatse is the first black child diagnosed with the aging disease. The Progeria Research Foundation said it is aware of two other cases of black children diagnosed with progeria who have died. The AP also erroneously [...]
Following our article “Carnival losing ad cash to rival” (August 18), the Chronicle would like to make a clarification. The story covered a dispute between the producers of Burnham Carnival’s official programme and a rival issue. In the picture with the story is Robin Harrington not Keith Brown, as stated. Mr Harrington is pictured holding [...]
An article on Aug. 14 about the Greek island of Hydra, which has become a stronghold of contemporary artists, misstated the distance of the island from Athens and the body of water that diners at a taverna there would have seen. It is about 45 miles from Athens, not 120 miles, and the taverna would [...]
An obituary on Wednesday about Ralph D. Albertazzie, the pilot of Air Force One during the Nixon administration, referred imprecisely to one mission he flew. In July 1971 he flew Henry A. Kissinger to Pakistan and another pilot secretly flew Mr. Kissinger on another plane from there to China, where he discussed plans for President [...]
In a July 30 story about Israel becoming a haven for Jewish-American basketball players, The Associated Press erroneously identified basketball player David Blu’s late mother as African-American and non-Jewish. She was white and Jewish. Link Report an error
Articles in the Guardian of Tuesday 12 July incorrectly reported that the Sun newspaper had obtained information on the medical condition of Gordon Brown’s son from his medical records. In fact the information came from a different source and the Guardian apologises for its error (The Brown files: How Murdoch papers targeted ex-PM’s family, 12 [...]
Declaration of Independence: A story about the Declaration of Independence on the Kids’ Reading Room page in the July 3 Comics II section said that Congress adopted the Declaration on July 2, 1776, and signed it two days later. Congress declared independence on July 2, 1776, and adopted the Declaration two days later; signing didn’t [...]
The original version of this article contained several factual errors. Sen. Maria Cantwell’s title at RealNetworks was misstated; she was a senior vice president. The maximum value of her current credit card debt is $50,000, not $150,000. Her assets last year were at least, not almost, $1.1 million. The minimum net worth she reported during [...]
The cover article on June 19 about a married couple returning to Provence 40 years after their honeymoon there misstated the circumstances of the car crash in which Albert Camus died in 1960. Camus was not driving the car “home” to Provence from Paris. He was in the front passenger seat, and the car was [...]
In a story June 20 about retired NFL players discussing a class-action lawsuit against the league demanding better benefits, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Joe DeLamielleure limped to the podium to state his case and then detailed his lengthy resume of surgeries. DeLamielleure has never had surgery and does not walk with a limp. [...]
An article on June 5 about the riot grrrl musical movement and its legacy misidentified the original song containing the lyrics “boy girl revolution.” It was “Her Jazz” by Huggy Bear, not one by Kathleen Hanna, who was in the band Bikini Kill. The article also misidentified the singer who first performed the song “I [...]
An obituary on Tuesday about the songwriter and filmmaker Joseph Brooks misstated Mr. Brooks’s role in the production of the movie “Eddie and the Cruisers.” He was a producer and musical adviser; he did not write the score, which was written by John Cafferty. (This error also appeared in an article about Mr. Brooks on [...]
A story about politics and the Lower Colorado River Authority on Page D1 Sunday contained several errors. It misstated how long Tom Mason has been general manager at the LCRA; he has held that job for 31/2 years. It gave an incorrect first name for Donna Nelson, currently on the Public Utility Commission, who was [...]
A dance entry in the Listings pages in some editions on Friday about performances by students from the Ailey School scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday nights contained several errors. The title of the Robert Battle work to be performed is ”Channels,” not ”Concert Channels.” ”Revelations,” in which members from the junior company Ailey II will [...]
