Regret the Error

An Associated Press listing of celebrity birthdays in Monday’s The Law & You section incorrectly included actor Dennis Cole. He died in November. Link  Report an error

An article in some copies of Wednesday’s Local & Business section about security issues at the Osceola County Jail unintentionally included a quotation in Spanish that contained a vulgarity. The use of the word did not meet the Sentinel’s language standards, and we apologize.  Report an error

A My Word column on Thursday’s opinion pages about an encounter between a bartender and a female customer who turned out to be a “bar spy” was fictionalized. Although the column was not labeled as fiction when submitted, its author, Robert J. Havel of Winter Park, said after publication that he intended it as a [...]

An article about the Super Bowl halftime show on Page D6 of Friday’s Sports Daily section misspelled President Barack Obama’s name. Link  Report an error

A Weekend Watchdog item on Page D2 of Friday’s Sports section incorrectly stated that Fox Sports Net reporter Charissa Thompson is also a lingerie model. The model named Charissa Thompson is a different person. Link  Report an error

The Semantics column about chickens in Oviedo on Page J2 of the Feb. 10 Sunday Seminole section contained a misspelling of the name of the TownHouse Restaurant in Oviedo. The caption with a photograph of a chicken accompanying the column also reported incorrectly where the photo was taken. The chicken was in an employee-of-the-month parking [...]

The “happy birthday!” feature on Page E2 of Tuesday’s Good Living: Health & Fitness section mistakenly included rocker Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame. Van Zant died in an airplane crash in 1977. Link  Report an error

A photograph on Page C4 of Saturday’s Central Florida Business section with an article about Pauline C. Stevens, who died Nov. 24, mistakenly was of Bernice Knoll, who died Nov. 25. The photos are correctly identified at right.  Report an error

Information that can’t be trusted is not less valuable; it’s worthless. Those words were written by Orlando Sentinel public editor Manning Pynn in an important column published on Sunday. (Romenesko spotted it.) Pynn was moved to write the column after noticing a spike in the number of corrections over recent months. “In the past three [...]