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UPDATED: Wrong about Rev. Wright

April 1, 2008 – 8:00 am

In this story, a voter suggests that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has made anti-gay comments. NPR has not been able to find any evidence that Wright made such comments. Wright has supported the ordination of gay clergy. He also started a singles group for gay and lesbian members at his church. Our story should have [...]

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More on NPR’s “dark continent” apology

March 3, 2008 – 8:00 am

Over the past couple of weeks, Regret readers have been debating the necessity of this NPR apology:
In our newscast at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 14, the phrase “dark continent” was used by one of our newscasters in reference to President Bush’s trip to Africa. This was totally inappropriate and offensive, and we apologize. [...]

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NPR apologizes for calling Africa the “dark contintent”

February 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

In our newscast at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 14, the phrase “dark continent” was used by one of our newscasters in reference to President Bush’s trip to Africa. This was totally inappropriate and offensive, and we apologize. We will apologize on air in the 9:30 a.m. ET newscast on Monday, Feb. 18, for allowing [...]

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Lessons in geography etc.

January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

In the broadcast version of this commentary, Daniel Schorr referred to a human rights activist having trouble delivering a petition to the American Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. According to The Washington Post, which reported the story, the incident occurred in Bahrain, not the United Arab Emirates. Link

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Hoover who?

November 12, 2007 – 8:00 am

Early versions of the radio story mistakenly identified the former FBI director. His name is J. Edgar Hoover. Link

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Wait, Wait + Stephen Colbert + Regret the Error

October 23, 2007 – 8:00 am

Equals a marriage made in heaven as far as we’re concerned.
On Sunday’s edition of Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, the wonderful news quiz show that airs on NPR, Stephen Colbert was brought on to do the Not My Job segment. To our joy, the program decided to quiz him about media errors, and it used [...]

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The corrections go audio

January 30, 2007 – 8:00 am

Our recent post about the state of online corrections was published before an inspired project by the San Francisco Chronicle. The paper is, as far as we know, the first newspaper in the world to introduce audio corrections. Last week it launched Correct Me If I’m Wrong, a regular podcast that will feature selected [...]

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Attention journalists everywhere: James Dobson is not a minister

May 19, 2006 – 8:01 am

Our obsessive cataloging of corrections occasionally enables us to spot a pattern. Whether it’s the failure of newspapers to identify someone they initially misidentified in a photo, or the inability of newspapers to accurately report on, well, newspapers, we sometimes feel as though we’re listening to a broken record. Such was the case when we [...]

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