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NY Daily News tries to scrub away a bad error

April 30, 2008 – 9:55 pm

Earlier this morning, a story on the New York Daily News’ website reported that New York Rangers forward Sean Avery “was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Wednesday morning in cardiac arrest just hours after his team’s playoff loss.” The story also reported that Avery was “unconscious and not breathing.”
The information was attributed to “sources” — [...]

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Cop or accused murderer?

February 14, 2008 – 8:00 am

A CAPTION in some editions of yesterday’s Daily News incorrectly identified a photograph of Detective Sgt. Fred Santoro of the NYPD’s Organized Crime Investigations Division (above) as Frank Santoro, a defendant in a Bronx murder case. The News regrets the error.

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Paper (wrongly) ends Rich Eisen’s marriage*

December 20, 2007 – 8:00 am

THE NEWS mistakenly reported yesterday that former ESPN anchor Rich Eisen and his wife divorced after Philly newswoman Alycia Lane sent him racy photos. It is Lane who is divorced.
*Correction: The headline on this post originally misspelled “wrongly” and “Eisen.” We regret the errors. Thanks, Jay!

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Sounds like plagiarism to us…

May 21, 2007 – 8:00 am

Some portions of an article about Hollywood romantic comedies (Boy meets girl: it always ends in tears, Screen, May 10) should have been attributed to Joe Neumaier in a New York Daily News article on the same subject from January 28, 2007.
We regret the error Link
And Joe Neumaier agrees this is plagiarism. He contacted the [...]

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How to become a “Fat Actress”

November 8, 2006 – 8:00 am

IN AN ITEM in yesterday’s paper on how Kirstie Alley lost 75 pounds, it was incorrectly stated that she “ate . . . Twenty-six, seven, eight thousand calories a day.” The correct figures are six, seven, eight thousand calories a day.

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