Posts Tagged ‘vague corrections’

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A story on page I1 Saturday said the sister of interior designer Darlene Provost, Lynn Dunn (nee Provost), had died after battling cancer. That information was incorrect. Thanks, Doug!  Report an error

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An article in Friday’s Life section incorrectly identified Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi.  Report an error

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A sentence in a letter to the editor by Bernie Magnan on Monday should have read, “Over two-thirds of Canadian property and violent crimes are never reported,” but, owing to an editing error, did not.  Report an error

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Corporal Pat Prefontaine, quoted in a story on Friday, did not apply the adjective “clueless” to parents of partying teenagers.  Report an error

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Incorrect information about Jake Morgenstern was submitted and published in the May 25 Kanawha Valley Neighbors “Your Neighbors” feature. We apologize for the error.  Report an error

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A reference to the Muppets, originally included in this post, was taken out of context and has been removed. Apologies to Fozzie Bear & Co. Link  Report an error

Jared Diamond and the puzzling correction

DeBerry column based on article: On Dec. 9, 2008, The Times-Picayune published a column by Jarvis DeBerry titled “Justice deferred,” in which DeBerry referenced an article published in The New Yorker on April 28, 2008, written by Jared Diamond titled “Vengeance is ours; what can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even?” [...]

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An Oct. 20 headline in our tech-science section erroneously reported an Apple product announcement. Link  Report an error

So who did?

Sanjeev Kaila was not the surgeon who performed a gastric balloon procedure on Kyriaki Antoniou. Incorrect information appeared in Thursday's section.  Report an error

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Metro Pest Control has never been called to inspect or treat City Hall for bedbugs.  Report an error

And we don’t know who it is

A PHOTO IN Sunday’s Daily News incorrectly identified a member of the Newburgh Free Academy swim team as Michael Mele, a person of interest in the disappearance of Laura Garza. The young man circled in the picture is not Mele.  Report an error

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“Paul Milde’s Dec. 8 op-ed ["Control growth? OK, but do it transparently"] should not have included the following sentence: “Since that time, not a single affected homeowner has experienced failure of primary or reserve fields.” Instead, it should have included the following: “Of the homes in Stafford that have had to resort to ‘pump and [...]

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A photograph of Gary Kerhoulas incorrectly appeared in yesterday’s Business section. The Free Press regrets the error.  Report an error

Ottawa Citizen publishes highly questionable quotes

An Editor’s Note: A story on page B1 of the April 5 edition of the Citizen, which looked at the future of NATO, should not have included quotes attributed to Clifford Gaddy, a Russia expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gaddy was not interviewed by the Citizen for that article, and the [...]

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ON Oct 29 we carried a report headlined ‘Director sues woman for allegedly giving him herpes’. It has come to our attention that various matters stated in the article may not be accurate. We regret the bad publicity and any inconvenience caused to Ms June Quah and her family. Link (sub req’d) This was originally [...]