Regret the Error

All, ahem, leaders look alike

A DRAWING of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum on Friday's Deals & Deal Makers page was mistakenly identified as that of another person in the article, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani. Link

All journalists look alike

In a Sept. 20 story about access to ground zero, The Associated Press erroneously reported that an interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was conducted by Katie Couric. It was conducted by Scott Pelley. Link

So nice they printed it twice

A short news item headed Council sells Lowry painting for £1.25m, page 18, yesterday, was nearly a year old and had already appeared in the paper in November 2006. A slip of the finger led to the wrong story being filed. 

Fun with photos

The main photograph illustrating the article Made for 25p, sold for £15. The fake Viagra that netted pill gang millions, September 18, page 3, was wrongly described as being of Mr Ashish Halai. We are informed that the subject of the photograph is not Mr Halai and is not related to the case reported in the article. We apologise for our error.

Talk to a reporter, run a drug haven

For a short time, Hurricane Katrina survivor and chef LeRoy Crump Jr. operated a kitchen in a bar in a drug-infested area of Clarksburg, W.Va., before opening his current restaurant, Lagniappe, in the city. A story published on Sept. 2, 2007 about his life post-Katrina incorrectly said the bar was a haven for drugs. Link

Apology

From the Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine:

I apologize to our readers for the headline on the front-page story about the Rumford standoff that appeared in Sunday's paper. It was insensitive, inappropriate and completely failed to convey the nature of the tragedy that unfolded.
- Rex Rhoades, executive editor

Brad Pitt? Never heard of him

An Inside summary last Sunday about “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” misspelled the given name of the actor who stars in the film. He is Brad Pitt, not Bratt. Link

Editor's Note about "unsubstantiated" remarks "based in part on hearsay"

A first-person article last Sunday, based on a transcription of an interview with a 17-year-old who lives in Brooklyn and attends Packer Collegiate Institute, included comments by the teenager that there were drinking at the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope, and drug use at Berkeley Carroll and at schools on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Those remarks were unsubstantiated and based in part on hearsay, and should not have been included in the article. Link

Writer apologizes for incorrect claim against Joe Scarborough

A letter to the editor:

I apologize to MSNBC talk-show host Joe Scarborough and to The Post for the cutting description of Mr. Scarborough in a Sept. 7 op-ed, "Guilty in the Duke Case," by me and KC Johnson about the Duke lacrosse case. I wrote that description on the basis of transcripts of "Scarborough Country" programs early in the Duke case. My attention has since been drawn to transcripts of several subsequent programs, and I realize that Mr. Scarborough was one of the handful of journalists who deserve credit for calling attention early in the case to the emerging evidence of innocence.
I am very sorry that  because of insufficient research, the op-ed suggested otherwise.
STUART TAYLOR
Washington
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Lose a word, lose the meaning

Capitol Journal: George Skelton's "Capitol Journal" column in Thursday's California section misquoted state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez. Referring to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nuñez was quoted as saying, "We both want to be on the cover of Time magazine." One word was dropped. Nuñez said, "We both want him to be on the cover of Time magazine." Link