Posts Tagged ‘washington times’

Death by media

An article in Tuesday’s editions about families of Sept. 11 victims incorrectly suggested that the wife of World Trade Center victim Joseph Giaccone was deceased.  Report an error

Editor’s Note

On Thursday, The Washington Times published an Op-Ed column by Dr. Gilbert Ross, medical director of the American Council on Science and Health, headlined, “When senators play doctor.” Dr. Ross has written for USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times previously. Dr. Ross did not disclose to The [...]

Why the Washington Times accuracy memo is bad for corrections

The Washington Times made an embarrassing mistake on its website last week. This picture pretty much speaks for itself: Yes, those are the Obama kids. No, they weren’t involved in the story. After being spotted by one blog, the image quickly spread. Some people said it was an example of the Times’ right-wing bias. The [...]

So very confusing

Friday’s Pruden on Politics column quoted a spokesman for the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv saying the newspaper had been encouraged by the Barack Obama campaign to publish a written prayer left by Mr. Obama in Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall and retrieved by an onlooker. A second Ma’ariv spokesman and the Obama campaign dispute the first Ma’ariv spokesman’s [...]

How lies survive

An article in Wednesday’s editions about the Indiana primary election quoted a man who said he thought Sen. Barack was a Muslim. The article inadvertently failed to note that Mr. Obama is in fact a Christian. Link  Report an error

Washington Times corrects accusation against intelligence officer

A February 29 item entitled “Fight Over China” erroneously reported that Lonnie Henley, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, indirectly supported the unauthorized disclosure of intelligence to China by writing a letter to the sentencing judge in the criminal case of former DIA analyst Ron Montaperto. Mr. Henley sent a letter to the court [...]