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Fun with photos

November 18, 2009 – 8:00 am

guardianOur obituary of the US songwriter and producer Luther Dixon was accompanied by the wrong photograph. It showed the singer Chuck Jackson, who is alive. We apologise for this mistake (12 November, page 38). Link

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The wrong five year-old to mess with

November 18, 2009 – 8:00 am

DUE to a production error in last week’s Rouse Hill Times the incorrect photo was published in the story hailing young Tom Hancock’s efforts in martial arts.
The Glenwood five-year-old won two gold and two silver trophies at the recent Australian Open World Martial Arts Championships.
The Times apologises for the error and regrets any confusion that may have been caused.

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File that photo under “deceased”

October 23, 2009 – 8:00 am

IN the Kalgoorlie Miner’s MineTalk section published yesterday, an archive photograph was published showing two men operating a drilling rig at a Carrick Gold prospect.
The Miner has since been advised one of the two men is deceased.
We regret using the photograph which has now been removed from our files and apologise to the man’s family.

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Additional pain and suffering

October 15, 2009 – 8:00 am

irishindependentIn a report published in yesterday’s Irish Independent on the death of Ranelagh solicitor Nora Gallagher we published a picture purporting to be Ms Gallagher.
It has now been brought to our attention that this picture is not of Ms Gallagher. We regret the distress and upset caused by the erroneous publication of this picture. Link

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Apology

October 13, 2009 – 8:00 am

waikatoA story in yesterday’s Waikato Times reported businessman John Spencer was selling an $80 million luxury yacht. This John Spencer is listed as a New Zealand “rich-lister” and his Whangarei company Flyghtship Construction built the yacht. However, the story included a photograph of a different John Spencer, the chairman of Tainui Group Holdings. The Times apologises for its error and is investigating how the mix-up happened. Meanwhile, a piece in yesterday’s paper promoting this week’s edition of Your Weekend, the glossy magazine that comes with today’s newspaper, carried the cover of last week’s edition. We apologise to readers for any confusion.

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Apology

September 17, 2009 – 8:00 am

dailypostIN yesterday’s Daily Post we published an article headlined ‘Drink drive rap for road safety mum’.
David’s mum Edwina Wares The article was a report of a court case in which Edwina Wares, 51, of Melyd Avenue, Prestatyn (pictured above) had admitted driving with excess alcohol, almost a year since her son David Wares, 22, was killed in a high speed collision.
We would like to point out that the photograph accompanying the report and captioned with Edwina Wares’ name was published in error.
In fact, the photograph was of Stephanie Brown, Road Safety Officer for Denbighshire council (pictured right), who is not connected in any way with Mrs Wares’ drink drive prosecution.
Stephanie Brown, road safety officer We apologise unreservedly for the error, and for any distress caused to Ms Brown.

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All astronauts look alike

September 11, 2009 – 8:00 am

washpost4A Sept. 4 Sports item about John Glenn was accompanied by an incorrect photograph. The man labeled as Glenn was another former astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Link

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Fun with photos

September 4, 2009 – 8:00 am

mirroruk2OUR picture accompanying the story "Mum dies as paramedic refuses to go into pub" was of pub manager Michelle Doherty and not the victim, Melissa Proctor-Blain. Our apologies to Melissa’s family, and to Michelle (Page 15, September 1).

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What’s the name of that bay?

August 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

guardianYesterday’s centre-spread photo was said by its caption to show a great white shark snapping up a seal pup in False Bay, South Africa. In fact, a rubber seal decoy had been used to attract the shark (Eyewitness: Seal Island, South Africa, pages 18-19). Link

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Share a name, go to Guantanamo

August 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

slateAn Aug. 14 "Jurisprudence" mentioned a detainee at Guantanamo Bay named Mohammed Jawad. A photograph of a different man, named Mohammed Jawad Amjad, originally accompanied the article. The photograph was removed. Link

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Not fair use

August 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

irishindependentOn the Letters Page of the Irish Independent on Thursday, July 23 last, a picture was used featuring a girl walking in a forest. This was a photograph entitled ‘Girl in Forest’ from the exhibition ‘No Directions’ by Anthony Byrne in the Back Loft gallery last March. We apologise to Mr Byrne for the unauthorised use of the photograph and acknowledge that he holds all copyright and licensing for it.

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Death by media

August 5, 2009 – 8:00 am

straittimesLogoTHE photograph accompanying yesterday’s Page 1 report, ‘CEO dies during Osim triathlon’, was not of Mr Calvin Lee Wee Sing, chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom Asia, who died on Sunday.

The photograph was of Mr Christopher Lim, Vice-President of ICT Operations and a member of the management board of T-Systems Singapore.

We regret the error and offer our profound apologies to Mr Christopher Lim and his family for the distress and inconvenience caused, to Mr Lee’s family for adding to their distress at this time of grief, and to any other parties who have been distressed or inconvenienced.

Yesterday’s report also stated wrongly that Mr Lee’s daughter is 12 years old. That information was provided to the media by the event organisers. She is in fact nine.

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Bad for business

August 3, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picayStudio not involved in bribery case: A story in Thursday’s editions detailed the sentencing of former state film official Mark Smith for bribery. The story was accompanied by a photo of the Louisiana Film Studios in Harahan. The studio was not involved in the case. Link

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Magazine uses wrong photo in story about child abuse at nursery

July 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

nurseryA report from the Guardian:

The trade magazine Nursery Management Today could face a claim for damages after publishing a picture of the wrong nursery to illustrate a story about an investigation into child abuse.

The July/August edition of the title, owned by Hawker Publications, included a picture of the wrong nursery – in which the nursery’s telephone number was clearly visible – with a page five story headlined "Nursery as centre of child abuse investigation".

The article referred to the Little Ted’s day nursery in Laira, Plymouth. However, the picture incorrectly published with the story was of the Little Ted’s day nursery in Rugby, Warwickshire.

When contacted by MediaGuardian.co.uk, the editor of Nursery Management Today, Alison Gordon, said: "Someone has made a very silly mistake – it would be unfair to name them but as editor I can assure you we will make it very, very clear in our next issue that a picture of the wrong Little Ted’s was used. Our apologies go out to Little Ted’s in Rugby.

"I am absolutely appalled by the mistake and have asked him to prepare an apology forthwith for the next publication."

On its website, Nursery Management Today has now published the following "important correction": "On Page 5 of the July/August issue of NMT magazine a picture of Little Ted’s Day Nursery in Rugby was accidentally used instead of the intended picture of Little Ted’s Day Nursery in Laira, Plymouth.

"NMT would like to confirm that the content of the accompanying article and the caption for the picture were correct. NMT magazine would like to apologise to Little Ted’s Day Nursery in Rugby for any unintended confusion this mistake may have caused."…

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The curtains don’t match the carpet*

July 20, 2009 – 8:00 am

A reader sent this image of a photo/photo caption mismatch in the Toronto Star:

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This is the image it was eventually replaced with:

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*Correction: The original headline on this post read "The curtains don’t match the drapes." That’s redundant. It has been corrected.

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Cincinnati Enquirer blogger/columnist mistakes fake Franken photo for the real deal

July 7, 2009 – 8:00 am

cincinatiEnquirerCincinnati Enquirer columnist Peter Bronson writes a blog called "Bronson is Always Right." It appears he takes the title a little too seriously. Here’s a post of his from this week:

Last week I posted a blog about comedian Al Franken joining the Senate (here), including a picture of Franken wearing bunny ears and a diaper.

Franken did many things on Saturday Night Live that could be embarrassing to a Senator. But apparently, that was not one of them. It turns out the picture was photoshopped.

We don’t knowingly run false pictures, so I took it down and replaced it with another goofy picture of Sen. Franken…

Not much of an apology/correction. Plus, it’s wrong: his post from last week has been scrubbed from the site.

Thanks, Romenesko!

UPDATE July 7: The Cincinnati Beacon today posted a good timeline of events:

1.  Bronson uploads the fake photo and presents it as real.
2.  The problem is brought to his attention.
3.  Bronson tries to avoid doing the right thing, issuing this comment on the now deleted blog post:

PeterBronson wrote:
Yes, the photo of Franken in a diaper was apparently altered. But it’s not exacly a big reach to believe it could have come from one of his SNL skits. It resonates because people find it easy to see Franken that way.
7/6/2009 10:46 AM EDT

4.  Bronson’s bad behavior is picked up nationally by media watchdog groups.
5.  The original post is deleted.
6.  An apology is issued, pointing back to a blank page since the evidence has been removed from Enquirer’s servers.

After spending his career as a professional columnist with a major daily paper, I expect more straightforward and ethical behavior from Peter Bronson.

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Japanese TV station misidentifies man as son of Kim Jong Il

June 15, 2009 – 8:00 am

A report in the Los Angeles Times:

The photograph was considered a journalistic coup, a recent image of the elusive 26-year-old son of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il, who has reportedly been named the next leader of the secretive state.

The Internet snapshot released by a Tokyo television station purportedly showed an adult Kim Jong Un — whose last known photo was taken at age 12 — as a spitting image of his notorious father, right down to the moon face, coiffed hair and oversize sunglasses.

Trouble was, it wasn’t the younger Kim at all, but a pudgy 40-year-old South Korean construction worker who also operates a website for fortunetellers. He says he is baffled as to how the Japanese got hold of his Internet image.

"I’m speechless," Bae Seok-bum told South Korea’s Yonhap news service. "I only uploaded the picture to share with the members of my community how similar my face was to that of Kim Jong Il. I didn’t think it would go this far."

The photo has quickly become an Internet sensation in Japan, South Korea and even China, dispersed via e-mail by amateur North Korea watchers…

And from the New York Times:

An article on Tuesday about the difficulties faced by the Obama administration in seeking the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea, which is undergoing a succession struggle, misspelled the given name of the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, the North’s leader. The son, who analysts believe has been passed over to succeed his father, is Kim Jong-nam, not Kim Young-nam. Link

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So who was in the other photo?

June 15, 2009 – 8:00 am

sunsentinelAn incorrect photo appeared on Page 3 of Thursday’s Local section with an article about a man accused of chopping his girlfriend’s fingers with a machete. The correct photo of Cristhian Josue Ramos-Murillo, 21, the accused attacker, is shown here. Link

Was someone misidentified as the accused? And if so, why aren’t they being offered an apology?

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All princesses look alike

May 22, 2009 – 8:00 am

guardianAn interview with the editor of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld, said the magazine had recently featured a series of photographs of Princess Caroline of Monaco. We had the wrong Monegasque; it was Princess Stephanie (Fashion’s sharpest operator, 20 May, page 4, G2). Link

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Apology

May 19, 2009 – 8:00 am

sundaymailausON March 15, in the Sunday Mail, we published photographs which were said to be of Ms Hanson.
It is clear that the pictures published are not of Pauline Hanson.
We made a mistake publishing those pictures.
We apologise to Ms Hanson for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the publication.
We have learnt a valuable lesson.

This story in the Times of London helps explain the above:

Mystery surrounds a set of nude pictures allegedly taken 30 years ago of the Australian far-right politician Pauline Hanson.
The photographs, published across Australian media at the weekend, purport to show the former One Nation leader partially naked and in skimpy lingerie.
But Ms Hanson says the photographs are not her, and has threatened to bare her belly button to prove it.

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Fun with photos

May 8, 2009 – 8:00 am

msnbcIn a May 7 story, msnbc.com published an incorrect photo of the suspect in the shooting at Wesleyan University. The photo was supplied by The Associated Press and credited to the university. The AP later notified the media that the wrong photo had been published, and the Police Department in Middletown, Conn., supplied a correct photo of the suspect, shown here.

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All Muslims look alike (and the Independent is very sorry)

May 7, 2009 – 8:00 am

independentIn yesterday’s article in the print edition, ‘Britain’s least wanted’, by mistake we published a picture of D. Al-Boutti , instead of a picture of ‘Safwat Hijazi, televangalist’. Dr Al-Boutti is a highly reputable Syrian Muslim scholar and of course would not appear on a banned list. We apologize to Dr Al-Boutti for our error. Link

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All Supreme Court justices look alike

May 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

newsweek1A caption in the May 4 edition of Conventional Wisdom Watch misidentified the Supreme Court justice in the photograph. It was John Paul Stevens, not David Souter. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. Link

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Engels or Tolstoy?

May 1, 2009 – 8:00 am

guardianA seated man with a white beard pictured yesterday under the headline Feminist friend or foe? was identified in a caption as Friedrich Engels, circa 1840. Engels was 20 in 1840. As a reader noted, judging from the photograph, Engels’s views on women (discussed in the associated article) were not only contradictory but immensely ageing. In fact it was taken in 1908, and its subject was Leo Tolstoy at age 79 (page 16, G2). Link

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All officers look alike

April 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

On 10th December last, we published a story on the website with the heading: ‘Police officer faces jail after crashing riot van’.
The article described the conviction of former Pc Geoff Jackson for taking a police vehicle without consent, careless driving and driving without insurance after a night out drinking with friends.
The article was accompanied by a photograph depicting a male with the caption ‘Geoff Jackson leaving court this afternoon’.
In fact the photograph was not of Pc Jackson but another police officer who had nothing to do with the incident and has never been charged with any criminal offence.
We wish to apologise to this officer for our mistake, which has inevitably caused him great distress. Link

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