An advisory issued by Reuters on Friday: Please be advised that the Oct 27 Moscow story headlined “Chechen teen diary a bitter tale of bombs and survival” has been withdrawn because, though it included original reporting, it is too similar to a piece already published by The Guardian on the same subject to be appropriate [...]
Reuters recently carried a report about Abercrombie & Fitch offering money to Jersey Shore star The Situation to stop wearing its clothes. Here’s how the report began: Teen clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF.N) has offered money to get away from what it sees as an undesirable Situation. The preppy retailer has offered to [...]
Poynter’s Steve Myers today published an article that suggests Reuters learned a couple of important lessons after it published a remarkably wrong David Cay Johnston column. Myers reports that the news organization will soon implement a new way to handle retractions, an update that better adapts to the digital world. .. A notice will be [...]
David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who launched a new column for Reuters this week. After his debut piece hit the wires and the web, Johnston realized he’d made a major mistake. The premise of his column was wrong. Reuters soon withdrew the piece and Johnston took the highly unusual step of [...]
… what happened Tuesday when stories started to come out of Liberty County, Texas, about "dozens" of bodies supposedly being found at a home is worth noting. It underscores again how we in the news media need to remind ourselves sometimes to slow down and let the facts become more clear before we rush to [...]
A Reuters error noted by Reuters’ own Good, Bad & Ugly blog: Report an error
The shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others at a public event earlier today resulted in an onslaught of breaking news reporting. Major news organizations raced to gather reporting, and information began to spread quickly. As is often the case, this led to a lot of mistakes — including reports from NPR, Reuters, CNN, [...]
It’s not the first time this typo has happened in regards to the Large Hadron Collider, and it won’t be the last. From a Reuters report (click for larger): The news service fessed up on its Good, Bad and Ugly blog. Thanks, Bob! Report an error
The Feb 1 story headlined “Backdoor taxes to hit middle class” is wrong and has been withdrawn. The story said lower-income families will pay more under tax provisions scheduled to expire Dec 31. The Obama administration’s budget calls for the extension of those tax provisions for households earning less than $250,000. There will be no [...]
As noted by its Good, Bad, and Ugly blog, Reuters had an unfortunate boy/buoy typo in a recent story. The incorrect text made it onto many websites, including the New York Times (note the last graf): The corrected version of the story was sent with this correction: Corrects reference in paragraph six to read “buoy” [...]
An unfortunate typo from a Reuters story about a heavyweight boxing match (note the final sentence in this screengrab): Reuters’ Good, Bad and Ugly blog made note of this. Report an error
Note the highlighted text: As was noted on Reuters’ Good, Bad, and Ugly blog, they meant “persistent dry cough.” Report an error
A large Lego giraffe greets visitors at the entrance to the Legoland Discovery Center in Germany. And if you believe a Reuters report from this morning, people can’t help but steal the giraffe’s penis. The story had a bit of fun with this: BERLIN (Reuters) – Visitors to a tourist attraction in Berlin have been [...]
Reuters has made its internal Handbook for Journalists available to the public via the Internet. It posted the full document online and Dean Wright, Reuters’ global editor of ethics, innovation and news standards, wrote about it yesterday. (Romenesko spotted Wright’s post.) Here’s what Wright says about the Handbook: The handbook is the guidance Reuters journalists [...]
Gawker spotted a Reuters story that fell victim to a murderous lapse in editing: This is a perfect opportunity to recall two of Reuters’ best typos: Queen Elizabeth and her remarkable egg-laying abilities, and “beef panties.” Report an error
The story was corrected, but the headline’s a bit of a problem. Thanks, Jeff! Report an error
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) Report an error
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
