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Beware of Torladoes

February 8, 2008 – 8:00 am

The story was corrected, but the headline’s a bit of a problem. Thanks, Jeff!

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All, ahem, singers look alike

January 16, 2008 – 8:00 am

As a result of wrong information provided by Reuters, singer Keyshia Cole was mistakenly identified as Mary J. Blige in a photo published Jan. 14. The Star regrets the error. Link (goes to Toronto Star correction)

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UPDATED: Don’t forget to check Reuters’ GBU blog for “Muttonhead Quail”

May 15, 2007 – 8:00 am

If you find yourself jonesing for more media errors, make sure you visit Reuters’ errors and feedback blog, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. A recent post notes the news service mistakenly called the Muttahida Quami Movement the “Muttonhead Quail Movement.” This of course reminds of its dubious report of last year about Queen [...]

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Reuters typo tells us “Queen Elizabeth has 10 times the lifespan of workers and lays up to 2,000 eggs a day”

October 25, 2006 – 3:18 pm

It’s no beef panties, but it’s amusing nonetheless. A Reuters story from today appears to have fallen victim to an overzealous spellchecker, resulting in an enjoyable typo. Or someone over there hates the British monarchy. The story, about honey bees, is currently online and uncorrected here.  UPDATE: The story has been corrected on the wire [...]

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The week that was

August 14, 2006 – 8:01 am

We took a brief late summer vacation last week, but the corrections and accuracy news kept coming. So, enjoy some items of note from last week. And also read our other posts below for some notable corrections from last week.
Manipulated War Photos?
This big ongoing story relates to accusations against news organizations for running doctored war [...]

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UPDATED: Toronto Star and two other papers lift decade-old item, run it as new

January 2, 2006 – 8:01 am

When we came across this editorial(we’ve struck “editorial” because according to Antonia Zerbisias of the Star it is a) brief from the Star’s weekend Life section(found via Fark) it made our day:
Moon God Drinking Products Co., a skin care company in China, has
offered a bounty of 1,000 yuan ($144) for every typographical or
literary error found [...]

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Mmmm…beef panties

November 7, 2005 – 8:00 am

We have a great, late entry for our annual typo of the year contest. Feast your eyes on Reuter’s report about the recall of “beef panties” in a story that was all over the Web at the end of last week. The New York Times was just one of the publications and sites that picked [...]

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