Posts Tagged ‘post-dispatch’

Not gay

Edwardsville attorney Todd Sivia, who represents same-sex couples in family law issues, is not gay. A report in Thursday's editions was wrong on that point. Link  Report an error

Breaking the Golden Rule

Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy’s theology encompassed belief in both the Golden Rule and healing prayer. Due to an editing error, one paragraph at the end of a front-page story Sunday suggested otherwise.  Report an error

To correct what no man has corrected before: the Star Trek film corrections

Yesterday’s rave review of the new Star Trek film referred to the “hateful Klingon Nero” (Take it to the bridge, page 9, Film & Music). Numerous readers got in touch to say how very wrong this was. Here is an excerpt from one of the emails that corrected us in a stern yet graceful way: [...]

The bride is not amused

Starla Kingsley, 21, of Owasso, Okla., who was featured in a photograph published in the Nov. 18 Business section, bought her wedding dress at Chatfields Boutique in Des Peres because she wanted a modest-style dress. She is not pregnant. While some customers go to the specialty store because it caters to brides who are pregnant, [...]

That patient doesn’t look so good

A photograph of Med Sled inventor Clifford Adkins on the front of Wednesday’s Business section showed a dummy being moved in one of the sleds. The photo’s caption incorrectly described the dummy as a patient. Link  Report an error

Post-Dispatch publishes apology to front page story*

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch today published an apology today* after it discovered that a story published last Sunday contained a number of key inaccuracies. It also admitted that the paper’s standard verification procedures “were not followed during the reporting and editing process.” At first blush, it appears to be yet another example of an unreliable [...]