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Wrong Christopher Knight

Craig Silverman — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:00:28 +0000

Just noticed a TODAY Show correction from earlier in January:

Former “Brady Bunch” star Christopher Knight was wrongly identified as the defendant in a lawsuit for assault and battery earlier this week in a TODAYshow.com story reported by Us Weekly and attributed to Radaronline.com.

Some additional details are on TODAYshow.com:

RadarOnline.com is reporting that it got it wrong this week when reporting that Christopher Knight (best known as "The Brady Bunch's" Peter) is being sued by his former accountant for assault and battery.

TODAYshow.com picked up the story, as reported by Us Weekly.

Legal documents posted by Radar featured a different man named Christopher Knight as the defendant in the case.

Brooke Shields is not a doctor, but she played one on the Today Show*

Craig Silverman — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:00:57 +0000

In a TODAY Show interview on Wednesday, Sept. 24, following a report on potentially misleading advertising materials for the prescription drug Latisse (actress and Allergan spokesperson Brooke Shields incorrectly stated that there were no side effects seen in the clinical trials of the product. Side effects have been documented in such trials and consumers should go to http://latisse.com for detailed safety information. Link

Correction Sept. 29, 2009: The headline of this post originally misspelled Brooke Shields’ last name (“Sheilds”). Thanks to David and Daryl for spotting it.

Bad for business

Craig Silverman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:00:31 +0000

During a live portion of the TODAY show on Friday, April 3, 2009, Janice Lieberman stated that Ritz Camera is going out of business.Â To clarify, 300 of their stores are closing, and the remaining 400 will remain open. Link

Objects in jar are exactly as they appear

Craig Silverman — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:00:25 +0000

In a TODAYshow.com article titled “18 More Tips From Your Grocers,” published Tuesday, Feb. 24, a supermarket industry consultant was quoted as saying that “the new Jiffy peanut butter container looks the same, but it actually has less peanut butter inside.” Â This claim is false. Link

Attention K-Mart shoppers

Craig Silverman — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:00:08 +0000

During a TODAY segment on Oct. 16 on Halloween savings, the K-Mart coupon for free Halloween candy was shown only to illustrate the types of deals and bargains consumers can find online.Â The K-Mart coupon shown on the air expired on 10/31/07 and is not a current coupon and cannot redeemed at K-Mart stores. Link