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Know thyself

August 4, 2008 – 8:00 am

Sportswriter and columnist Brian Meehan, who died Tuesday after heart surgery, worked at New Jersey’s Morristown Daily Record, among other papers, before joining the staff of The Oregonian. An obituary Thursday gave the wrong state for the Morristown paper. Link

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Satirical quotes taken for real

February 7, 2008 – 8:00 am

Retired NBA player Latrell Sprewell did not sign with the Seattle SuperSonics and did not say, “My coach-choking days are behind me. We’re both older and wiser. Besides, I have lawyers to pay and pit bulls to feed.” The item, which appeared in Thursday’s Sports section, came from a satirical column in the Contra Costa Times. Link

Another example here.

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Tried in the press

January 2, 2008 – 8:00 am

Dallas A. Crockett went to federal prison in 1997 after being convicted of fraud and in 1998 after being convicted of a parole violation related to his fraud conviction. A Dec. 11, 2007, article was imprecise about the reason for his second stint in prison and may have incorrectly implied he was twice convicted of fraud. Additionally, a Dec. 13, 2007, article about Crockett settling with two of three defendants in his defamation lawsuit against them was incorrectly labeled as a public safety item. There is no support for the implication relating to Crockett’s second stint in prison or for the implication that his lawsuit related to criminal activity, and The Oregonian regrets the publication of the original statements. Link

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Guess we’ll cancel our application, then

September 21, 2006 – 8:00 am

A headline on Page One on Saturday should have made clear that Oregon Health & Science University will be studying the effects of meth, not cooking it.
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The headline in question? “State’s latest meth cook: OHSU”

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