This morning’s edition of The Gazette, the English language daily in Montreal, included a front page error: the paper listed an incorrect team when reporting the score of yesterday’s Grey Cup CFL game. (This is kind of like getting a team wrong when listing the final score of the Super Bowl.) The paper listed the [...]
The Gazette of Montreal takes part in an annual campaign called Raise-A-Reader. It helps raise money for literacy programs. Unfortunately, a front page headline yesterday about the campaign did little to help the cause: Here it is as it appeared on the front page below the fold (click for larger): Report an error
In her column yesterday, Josée Legault asserted that Michael Ignatieff “supported the American invasion of Iraq and the use of torture.” In fact Mr. Ignatieff has not endorsed the use of torture; he has opposed it. In a 2004 article Ignatieff wrote that “outright torture is anathema to a society built on freedom” but that [...]
This week’s Regret the Error column on Columbia Journalism Review online looks at two media errors that became fodder for late night comedy. Excerpt below. Click on the headline for the full column. Comedy of Errors Jay Leno has made amusing, mistaken, and otherwise notable newspaper headlines a staple of his show. Recently, his rivals [...]
Comedian Andy Kindler, a frequent guest and occasional correspondent on David Letterman’s show, recently dedicated part of his time on the Late Show to complain about a misquote in Montreal’s daily English language paper, The Gazette. Kindler was interviewed by Gazette columnist Bill Brownstein back in January for a piece about how comics would handle [...]
An editorial in yesterday’s Gazette incorrectly reported that Jean Lapierre, former president of the union representing the city’s blue-collar workers, is dead. We are pleased to report that Mr. Lapierre is in fact alive. We sincerely regret the error and apologize to Mr. Lapierre. Link From the editorial in question, which remains uncorrected online: … [...]
A story in Sunday’s paper said incorrectly that Little Burgundy street watch teams “will look out for any gang activity and give information to the police.” The watch teams have no intention of being a police information group and will concentrate on prevention, information and education among different groups and members of the community. The [...]
A story in yesterday’s paper about counterfeit money incorrectly said it costs nine cents to produce a counterfeit bill. In fact, that is the cost to produce a legitimate bill. The Gazette regrets the error. Link UPDATE: I should note that The Gazette, an English-language daily in Montreal, recently introduced an online corrections page. Editor-in-Chief [...]
A series of corrections from The Gazette (Montreal). March 5: A story in yesterday’s paper misquoted Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s comments about Saul Itzhayek, a Montrealer who is in prison in India for an entry-visa offence. Cotler did not say that Ottawa has failed to intervene in Itzhayek’s case. In fact, the federal government is [...]
