Tag Archives: source errors

NY Times publishes Editors’ Note after source admits to “exaggerated” story

July 9, 2008 – 2:47 pm

A front-page picture caption on June 26 describing an 11-month-old boy whose legs were in casts stated that his legs were broken and that his mother said the injuries were caused by an episode of state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe. After the picture and an accompanying article that also described the injuries were published, The New [...]

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Police photo error implicates wrong man

March 4, 2008 – 8:00 am

Because of an incorrect photo provided by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, a Tuesday Express-News story about a slaying suspect was accompanied by a photograph of a San Antonio man who was not connected in any way with the slaying. The story, ‘Transient’s tale ends in arrest,’ was published on Page 1A. The photo [...]

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