New York Post columnist John Podhoretz dedicated the lion's share of a column to an apology for calling New York gubernatorial candidate Kristin Davis a hooker. But after the first few sentences of it, it seems pretty clear that this is really a pseudo-apology meant to mention "Kristin Davis" and "hooker" as many times as [...]
“One time, there was somebody giving what I call the gift-wrapped scoop to one of my friendly rivals at a broadsheet paper. and I said, ‘Look, I was on that story and you gave it to them. Here’s what i’m going to do. Every story from now on, every cockamamie rumor that comes out of [...]
Metro Pest Control has never been called to inspect or treat City Hall for bedbugs. Report an error
In Monday’s editions of the New York Post, we published a story that confessed wife-killer Johnny Concepcion underwent a liver-transplant operation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The hospital yesterday issued a statement that no such operation took place. The Post relied on two NYPD sources for its report, and it is now evident they were misinformed. [...]
ART collector Shahab Karmely has never been charged with any crime. In an item Thursday reporting that Karmely had sold an East 78th Street townhouse to art dealer Otto Naumann, we incorrectly stated that Karmely once paid a $500,000 fine after failing to collect sales tax on $3 million in paintings. In fact, it was [...]
OUR source clearly indulged in too much champagne at the Douglas Hannant party at the Plaza Oak Room the other night. We reported on Wednesday that Countess Nathalie von Bismarck was “on her first night out since her split from the count.” This was incorrect. Count Carl-Eduard and Countess von Bismarck have not split. They [...]
The Dec. 23, 2009, issue of The Post contained an article about Michael Jackson. In connection with the article, The Post printed the wrong picture of an individual named Terry George. The Terry George in the photo is a film and TV writer and director, whose credits include “Hotel Rwanda,” not the Terry George referred [...]
THE source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug. She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too. Bread and [...]
In a ruling cited in the July 18 New York Post, state Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman was referring to the alleged “outrageous and disgraceful” conduct of Speaker Sheldon Silver. Report an error
ON April 23 we reported that the fiancée of Gregg “Opie” Hughes, one half of the Opie and Anthony radio show, was involved in an X-rated sex video with MTV star Bam Margera. We reported that Hughes was taking legal action against a disgruntled ex-employee of the radio duo who had acquired the rights to [...]
A story headlined “Unsafe Hands” and a photo caption in yesterday’s Post wrongly reported that Darrie Eason, of Long Beach, LI, died last May following a double mastectomy at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, LI. Eason did not die. Another, unidentified woman died in the Mercy case. Report an error
We took a brief late summer vacation last week, but the corrections and accuracy news kept coming. So, enjoy some items of note from last week. And also read our other posts below for some notable corrections from last week. Manipulated War Photos? This big ongoing story relates to accusations against news organizations for running [...]
A Washington Post correction demonstrates one fallibility when interviewing people on the street — journalists never ask them for ID to prove they are who they say they are. (Not that we’re suggesting they do; It’s just hard to protect against folks who willingly mislead the media.) This reminds us of one priceless example from [...]
