If you haven't gone over and checked out regrettheerror.com you are missing some great reading. Here are a few examples. What I really like is that many major newspapers go into great detail on how the error happened and who is responsible. Refreshing that some newspapers are willing to go the extra mile to clear up mistakes. Do yourself a favor and check out this website frequently.
(From the Express-News)
Police photo error implicates wrong man
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 did not appear on MySanAntonio.com.The actual suspect, Robert Patrick White, 38, described by police as a homeless man, is pictured here. White and two others have been charged with the slaying earlier this month of Christopher Duncan, a 23-year-old South Side man.‘The wrong photo was in the wrong data file,’ Ralph G. Serrano, manager of the central records and identification section of the Sheriff’s Office, said in an e-mail to the Express-News. ‘I apologize for any embarrassment or inconvenience that this may have caused.’The Express-News also apologizes to the misidentified man, his family and friends and to our readers. Link
And the misidentified man is…?
Thanks, Craig!
(From the guardian)
Lessons in geography etc.
Mount Baldy, where Leonard Cohen spent time at a Buddhist retreat, is not in Greece, but in the San Gabriel mountains, about 40 miles from Los Angeles (Hail, hail, rock’n'roll, page 14, Film & Music, February 29).
By Craig Silverman on March 4th, 2008 in Newspapers Tagged geographical errors, guardian Comments (0)
(Sidebar: I have been on Mount Baldy during my years growing up in Los Angeles and can confirm it is nowhere near Greece!)
(From the Houston Chronicle):
Wrong since 1971
A story and headline on Page C1 Sunday were wrong in saying the NCAA men’s basketball tournament had not been in Houston since 1971. Houston hosted games in 1973, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986. Link
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