The article titled “JFF doc warns athletes about dietary supplements” which appeared in Sunday Observer of November 1, which claimed that two products – Visalus’ Vi-Shape and Neuro energy drink – were tested and approved by local anti-doping authority JADCO on behalf of the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA), was erroneous. The PLCA is seeking [...]
On July 24, 2009, Cityfile published an article entitled “Jim Dolan To Kill Christmas In July?” which contained speculation on the fate of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes. Click here for an important update on this article. On July 27, 2009, Cablevision, Madison Square Garden, and Cablevision chief executive James [...]
Due to an editing error, the Sept. 18 Yellowknifer article “No hate complaints registered in NWT” alleged that Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman had posted many of the messages that formed part of his Internet hate propaganda complaint against Marc Lemire and Craig Harrison. That allegation is false. Yellowknifer retracts that statement and apologizes to Mr. [...]
A Howard Levitt column in the Financial Post on Wednesday regarding Kelly McDougald, the former chief executive of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., said the Ontario government should be “suing her for fraud for her own expense account abuse.” However, no evidence has arisen of abuse in Ms. McDougald’s expense account and the Post [...]
In the January 2009 issue of The Washingtonian, we stated that Mr. Thomas J. Donohue sold shares of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. in 2008. The Washingtonian retracts those statements. They were not accurate. We regret those errors and any false impressions that those statements may have caused. In that same issue of The Washingtonian, we [...]
Poynter’s Amy Gahran has an interesting post up about a false report from the Press Association that moved its way around the web: On Nov. 29, the story ran in Wales Online: “We thought we were safe… then CNN stepped in!” said the headline. As of this writing you can still find it listed in [...]
In our November 3 issue, we suggested that the actress Kelly Reilly was having a relationship with Guy Ritchie. It is now clear from the further information that we have received that Ms. Reilly is engaged and there is and has been no romantic relationship between Kelly Reilly and Guy Ritchie. We apologize for any [...]
Critic Tom Sietsema should have recused himself from reviewing the Commissary, a restaurant featured in the Oct. 29 Food section. He and one of the restaurant’s owners had earlier had a personal relationship. The Washington Post regrets that he reviewed this restaurant, and will remove the review from its online archive. Link This Editor’s Note [...]
The article “Fanning Flames: There is much at stake for Beijing, as Tibetan groups fighting for autonomy have been linked to US funding”, written by Ching Cheong and published in the South China Morning Post on April 24, 2008, incorrectly referred to the Trace Foundation as having ties to the United States Department of State [...]
For many years, the Mainichi Daily News, the English website of Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, was the place to go if you wanted to read salacious articles about the sexual habits of the Japanese. The stories, which were featured in the site’s “WaiWai” column, frequently stretched believability. Here’s a list of stories published on its [...]
A report carried on nzherald.co.nz on May 13 wrongly stated that David Oughton, who inquired into the actions of Mary Anne Thompson at the immigration service, had once been her boss at the Ministry of Justice and that questions had therefore been raised about his report’s impartiality. Mr Oughton was never her employer, having finished [...]
On Feb. 2, 2008, the Boston Herald reported that a member of the New England Patriots’ video staff taped the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. While the Boston Herald based its Feb. 2, 2008, report on sources that it believed to be credible, we now know that this report [...]
ON April 23 we reported that the fiancée of Gregg “Opie” Hughes, one half of the Opie and Anthony radio show, was involved in an X-rated sex video with MTV star Bam Margera. We reported that Hughes was taking legal action against a disgruntled ex-employee of the radio duo who had acquired the rights to [...]
Gawker spotted this incredible error/correction in the Columbia Spectator, a student newspaper: The paper subsequently retracted the piece. This text has replaced the article on the Spectator’s website: Because this piece was based on unreliable sources we have decided to retract the article and remove it from the Web site. We appreciate all the letters [...]
This morning the Los Angeles Times issued a formal retraction for its March story about an assault on rapper Tupac Shakur. It had previously apologized for the article. (Regret post here.) The apology did contain elements of a retraction, but it’s not a bad thing to see the paper follow up and drive home the [...]
Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren has had to backtrack on claims made in a couple of recent columns. From February 20: A retraction. In my Sunday column, I wrote in passing about the kind of Shariah practised in Iran, “where a little boy caught stealing gets an arm amputated under the wheel of a truck.” [...]
In the Feb. 13 “Human Nature,” William Saletan said that research in mice indicated that the embryoblast-trophoblast distinction began at the two-cell stage. As evidence, the article linked to a 2006 paper in Science. That paper has since been retracted due to “falsified or fabricated images” by one co-author. However, according to subsequent communication with [...]
Agence France Press mistakenly declared that Shaker Heights, a relatively tony suburb of Cleveland, was being hit hard by the mortgage crisis. It had meant to refer to Mount Pleasant. After noticing its error, AFP killed and replaced the story. But if you want to see the kind of reaction generated by the original piece, [...]
From the AP: Arkansas star Darren McFadden said Saturday he fully expects to play in the Cotton Bowl after a television report raised questions about his eligibility. Arkansas television station KARK has since backed off the report, apologizing to McFadden and his family. “It’s something that’s uncalled for — people not getting their facts straight,†[...]
From Roy Greenaslade of the Guardian: Last Tuesday I carried a report headlined 11 relatives of Iraqi journalist killed. It now transpires that the story, widely carried in the United States, was false. Dhia al-Kawaz, editor of the Jordan-based Asawat al-Iraq news agency, has since admitted that his claim that gunmen had killed 11 of [...]
From Slapshot, the New York Times’ new hockey blog (post): The Toronto radio reporter who caused a stir by claiming that Rangers forward Sean Avery had made derogatory comments about Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake’s recent cancer diagnosis before a game last month, retracted his report in a broadcast Monday. Howard Berger, a reporter for [...]
After four-and-a-half months of re-reporting, long bouts of silence, and tangling with the US Army and various publications and bloggers, The New Republic today published a lengthy article by editor Franklin Foer that attempts to offer the magazine’s final word on the veracity of columns written by Scott Thomas Beauchamp, its Baghdad Diarist. We’ll skip [...]
Last week the Associated Press ran with a story about Paris Hilton raising awareness about the plight of drunken elephants. Though many, including the AP, are willing to believe anything when it comes to Paris Hilton, this particular tale was completely false. (Our previous post with the original story and correction is here.) AP had [...]
In a Nov. 13 story, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern India. Lori Berk, a publicist for Hilton, said she never made any comments about helping drunken elephants in India. Link From the original article: GAUHATI, India (AP) — With [...]
WENN ran a story in it’s fourth feed on 19 January 2007 headlined “MATHEW KNOWLES FUMES AT HOLLYWOOD ‘RACISM’”. We are advised by Mr Knowles’ lawyers that comments attributed to Mr Knowles in the story were in fact not made by him and we’d like to take this opportunity to apologise unreservedly to Mr Knowles [...]
