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Regret the Error reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press.
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A surplus of employees, but not of tact

Nov 19, 2009
In a Nov. 17 story about job cuts at Verizon Communications Inc., The Associated Press, relying on a labor union report, erroneously reported that Verizon is laying off more than 1,000 employees in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. In response...

Congrats, President Franklin

Nov 19, 2009
We again incorrectly conferred the US presidency on Benjamin Franklin, this time in the unusual context of a boxing article (Money men demand Mayweather after Pacquiao destroys Cotto, 16 November, page 13, Sport). Link

But they did change their name

Nov 18, 2009
In a Nov. 6 story citing examples of companies that changed their names to repair their images, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Accenture changed its name from Arthur Andersen as a result of an association with the Enron scandal....

Apology

Nov 18, 2009
Our August 5th article “Strictly out of Step about changes to the television programme “Strictly Come Dancing” said that Sharon Osbourne had decided against appearing on it because the money on it was “ridiculous”. We are happy to accept that this is...

Going Rogue sparks cover confusion

Nov 18, 2009
The evening newscast of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation last night ran an image of the wrong Going Rogue. The book written by Sarah Palin is titled, Going Rogue: An American Life. Another book, written by two staffers at the Nation, is called,...


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