Regret the Error

Location, location, location

An article on Page 1A of Wednesday's edition incorrectly described how a Broward County jail deputy saw an inmate masturbating in his cell. Deputy Coryus Veal saw him from a centrally located control room that allows deputies a clear line of sight into cells. Link

Fuzzy numbers etc.

The Norfolk General Hospital Foundation 18th annual golf tournament is expected to raise $65,000, not $6,500 as was reported in Wednesday's Reformer.
The Reformer apologizes for the error.

The many incorrect initials of Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Because of an editing error, an obituary on Friday of Kenji Miyamoto, the longtime leader of postwar Japan’s Communist Party, rendered incorrectly the name of the American general in charge of the Allied occupation, who barred Mr. Miyamoto and 23 other party members from public service just before the outbreak of the Korean War. He was Gen. Douglas MacArthur; he had no middle name and did not use the initial A (or other initials often ascribed to him, including B, C and S) (Go to Article). The error most recently appeared on June 29 in an obituary of Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan’s prime minister in the 1990s. Five articles in 2005 included the “A” (on May 29, June 20, June 28, July 29 and Aug. 26), and the “A” has been used in 19 other articles since 1987. Link

Resurrection

The Rev Betsy Haworth, who was included in the Birthdays column yesterday, page 35, died on July 17. Apologies to her family. Link

The benefits of unemployment

An article in Business Day on Saturday about efforts by Wall Street banks to reassure investors that the financial industry is strong rendered incorrectly a word in a quotation from Kenneth D. Lewis, chairman and chief executive of Bank of America, who commented on consumer spending. He said, “As long as you have employment and wages growing, you are going to have a relatively healthy consumer.” He did not say “unemployment.” Link

Put your clothes back on

There is no nudist beach within Port Burwell Provincial Park. Information that appeared in a Saturday beach review was incorrect.
The Free Press regrets the error.

Not wild about Harry

A July 18 Page One article about the popularity of Christian fantasy fiction incorrectly said that Christian parenting guru James Dobson has praised the Harry Potter book series. Dobson believes their focus is on the occult and therefore potentially dangerous, said a spokesman. Link

A bit new to the whole newspaper thing, but not that new

We wrongly described Y Byd in a subheading as the first-ever Welsh newspaper (All hail the prints of Wales, page 7, Media, yesterday). It will be the first daily newspaper in Welsh. Link

Lost a limb, but not his sanity

From the The Daily Herald-Tribune  of Grande Prairie, Alberta:

Rob Anderson lost his left arm and leg, not the right. Also, Anderson and Master Cpl. Paul Franklin had the same physiatrist, not psychiatrist.

Rest is fine

An article on July 12 about bombings of natural gas pipelines in Mexico misstated the name of the state that is home to Salamanca, one of the cities supplied by the pipelines. It is Guanajuato; there is no “Guatemala State.” The article also misstated the year for the founding of the Popular Revolutionary Army, the rebel group that claimed responsibility for the bombings. It was formed in 1994, not 1996.
The article also misidentified the group that kidnapped the businessman Alfredo Harp Helú, one of at least three executives kidnapped in an effort to raise money for rebel causes. It was carried out by the Revolutionary Workers Party-People’s Union — not by the Popular Revolutionary Army, which later merged with the union.
Also, the article misstated the name of a splinter group that claimed responsibility for a number of minor bombings in Mexico City last year, and it referred incorrectly to the timing of those bombings. The Revolutionary Army of the Insurgent People took responsibility, not the Popular Army of the Insurgent Revolution, and the bombings were after last year’s election, not during the campaign. Link