A CBS affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. has apologized after it mistakenly announced live on air that Rev. Billy Graham had died. From a story about the mistake by the Charlotte Observer: WBTV (Channel 3) apologized Saturday to the Rev. Billy Graham after the station erroneously reported the evangelist’s death. Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, a producer [...]
A letter to the editor: I wish to refer to the story in last Saturday’s ‘Rolling Back the Years’ supplement recalling the Kerry Babies saga and the Independent Newspapers team coverage of the tribunal at Tralee. The writer refers to his “now deceased colleagues, Dick Cross and Noel Smith”. Sadly, Noel has left us to [...]
An obituary on Saturday about John M. Blum, the presidential historian and author of an influential biography of Theodore Roosevelt, referred incorrectly to Roosevelt’s family. His wife and mother died in 1884, but his daughter Alice, who was born that year, lived until 1980. Roosevelt did not lose ”his wife, newborn daughter and mother in [...]
An Oct. 21 article about the closure of Pusateri’s Fine Foods at Avenue Rd. and Lawrence Ave. W. incorrectly stated that Salvatore Pusateri, who opened the store in 1963, is dead. In fact, he is alive, though he no longer runs Pusateri’s. Link Report an error
In our obituary yesterday of David Croft, we mistakenly said his wife Ann had also passed away. We wish to make clear that this was wrong and we apologise for the error. Report an error
A story in yesterday’s Evening News entitled “Bar manager loses tribunal fight amid extortion claims” incorrectly referred to the “late mother” of Vivienne Lennox. We apologise for the error and any distress caused. Report an error
A story on Page A1 on June 3 reported the death of an Alabama native who joined a militant group in Somalia. Earlier reports had said Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, or “the American,” may have been killed in March in Somalia. Subsequent reports, however, said he spoke to reporters at an [...]
IN the story “Partner killer’s death in prison to be investigated” which was published in the Illawarra Mercury on page 7 on Saturday May 7, it was reported that Berkeley man Floyd Leslie Dowley’s mother had died. This was not the case. The Mercury apologises for any distress caused. Report an error
An article in Tuesday’s editions about families of Sept. 11 victims incorrectly suggested that the wife of World Trade Center victim Joseph Giaccone was deceased. Report an error
Also, a story in some editions Monday on Page 2 about Osama bin Laden’s life said bin Laden died in the lawless badlands of Pakistan along the Afghanistan border. Bin Laden was killed in a house in Abbottabad, north of Islamabad. The story also repeated a paragraph that had some garbled sentences. A timeline in [...]
A report of the terrorist bombing of a tourist cafe in Marrakech merged the identities of two Britons named Peter Moss in later editions of the paper. The man who died was 59-year-old Peter Moss, an award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and comedian. He was confused with the novelist of the same name who has written [...]
An article on Thursday about museums that exhibit the clothing of couturiers referred incorrectly to Roberto Capucci, a designer whose clothes are the subject of a current exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is alive. Link Report an error
A story about Fonterra’s chairman succession yesterday incorrectly reported due to wrong information that Fonterra’s first chairman was the “late” John Roadley. Roadley says he is alive and well and living in Blenheim. Report an error
I’ve since learned what real, excruciating pain NPR triggered with its false news report that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had died, which was repeated on npr.org, e-mail alerts, Twitter and picked up by other news organizations. NPR correspondent Ted Robbins is based in Tucson. He was at the scene Jan. 8 when his cell phone rang [...]
A tweeted correction from a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio show: Apologies to our listeners & to Tom Lehrer. We accidentally referred to him on todays show as *late & great*. Certainly great, but not late.less than a minute ago via webQuirks & Quarks CBCQuirks Thanks, Adrienne! Report an error
The shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others at a public event earlier today resulted in an onslaught of breaking news reporting. Major news organizations raced to gather reporting, and information began to spread quickly. As is often the case, this led to a lot of mistakes — including reports from NPR, Reuters, CNN, [...]
Ronald George: An article in the Dec. 30 Section A about retiring Chief Justice Ronald M. George of the California Supreme Court incorrectly referred to the "late" Sargent Shriver. Shriver, the father-in-law of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is alive. Link Report an error
A column last Sunday about the plight of Texas Democrats, and how they have become the political equivalent of the often-struggling Baltimore Orioles, contained several errors. The Orioles won their division once in the 1990s, not twice. (They were the wild-card team in 1996 and then won the division in 1997.) Ann Richards defeated Clayton [...]
The obituary for Jammie Duggan that ran in Friday, November 19th's edition of the Austin American-Statesman ran in error. Jammie Duggan is alive and well. We apologize for this error. Link Report an error
An article in last Sunday’s Holiday Movies section about the comedian and actor Russell Brand and his role in “The Tempest” referred incorrectly to Mr. Brand’s mother. She is still living. (A reference describing Mr. Brand as a nice man should have been to his love for his departed grandmother.) Link Report an error
Former U.S. Rep. Robert Duncan, 89, is living. A Saturday article in some Community News sections mistakenly referred to him as the "late" Robert Duncan. Link Report an error
Our preview for the BBC4 anniversary programme on Jimi Hendrix prematurely announced the death of Bootsy Collins. He is very much alive. It was his brother, Catfish, who died recently. Apologies (Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, 22 September, page 26, G2). Link Report an error
From the front page of TSN.ca, the website of the Canadian sports channel: Lots of chatter about this false death report, which appeared in a variety of Canadian media. Many of those outlets have scrubbed the erroneous reports off of their websites in order to pretend they were never there. For example, here's where a [...]
In the graphic accompanying today's article, 'Police to reopen phone hacking investigation as more witnesses emerge' (9 September 2010), we wrongly stated that Les Hinton had died in 2009. We are aware that he is very much alive and is the CEO of Dow Jones Company Inc. We regret our error and apologise to him. [...]
IN A report yesterday, Body Found in Marina Glen, we incorrectly stated that police discovered the body of King William’s Town teacher Themba Malgas. In fact it was the body of Simphiwe Malgas. Themba is Simphiwe’s father and is alive. We regret the error. Report an error
