Last Updated: 2:54am GMT 20/03/2008
From hoaxes to errors of judgment, the front-page apologies in the Daily Star and the Daily Express today are the latest in a long history of expressions of regret by newspapers.
In 1887, The Times published a reproduction of a letter, apparently signed by the Irish parliamentarian Charles Stewart Parnell, linking him with the 1882 Phoenix Park Murders, the name given to the assassination of the British secretary for Ireland, and his undersecretary, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. A special commission found that the letter had been forged and The Times had to eat humble pie.
The front-page apologies are the latest in a long and inglorious tradition of newspaper retractions.
The 19th century artist Edward Burne-Jones is said to have brought a newspaper apology from the US to show his friend Lady Horner of Mells. It read: "Instead of being arrested as we stated, for kicking his wife down a flight of stairs, and hurling a lighted kerosene lamp after her, the Rev James P Wellman died unmarried four years ago."
In 2003 the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, Australia, published the following apology: "The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that the English rugby team was boring. This was incorrect. The entire country of England is boring. The Daily Telegraph wishes to apologise for this error."
In May 2004, the New York Times apologised in an editorial to its readers for misleading them about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The paper, widely considered the most influential in America, confessed that the US government urged it to carry unfounded claims to justify the war. The editorial admitted coverage "was not as rigorous as it should have been".
In the same month, the Daily Mirror in the UK isssued a front-page apology declaring "Sorry .. We Were Hoaxed" for printing faked pictures of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi. The apology was followed with a pledge by the paper to donate all money made from the sale of the pictures to charity.
In July that year, The Sun newspaper apologised for making "the most terrible mistake in its history" over the 1989 Hillsborough stadium tragedy, saying it was "truly sorry". It said that by making "grave and untrue allegations" about the behaviour of Liverpool fans during the Hillsborough disaster, it had enraged the city.
In February 2006 a full-page apology in Arabic by Jyllands-Posten, the Danish paper that first commissioned works such as a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed with a bomb-shaped turban, was published in newspapers in Saudi Arabia.
"Allow me in the name of Jyllands-Posten to apologise for what happened and declare my strong condemnation of any step that attacks specific religions, ethnic groups and peoples.
"I hope that with this I have removed the misunderstanding," wrote Carsten Juste, the editor of Jyllands-Posten. The apology was not enough to stop worldwide unrest, including attacks by extremists on churches in Africa and Pakistan as well as the US Embassy in Indonesia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/19/nmccann219.xml
289 comments:
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Dobywallah said...
KIWIGIRL. Interesting post and I fully agree with your comments. Yesterday I looked into Alsabella's Blog and read 2345's post in which she reassured her fellow bloggers "Don't worry about these threats (of being sued) I shall be there to help you all out! Ha Ha, have you ever heard anything so profound, stupid and pathetically ridiculous?
20 March 2008 10:24
Oh dear,
I dropped a few stitches...can anyone help out?
Sassy
Good night sleeep well, take care xxx
Hey Rosiepops,
I've just twigged on........your avatar is an egg on legs.
Is there some sort of hidden Easter Message there?
How did the egg get the black eyes?
Actually, a preferred the door knob. lol
GOOD NIGHT SASS, TAKE CARE NOW
enjoy it here
we have snow tomorrow, hope you don't.
DOBY
I will help kick that ball or balloon hard along with you....and possibly another 1,000,000 like minded supporters. If we inject it with enough Helium she will be up there after the universe disintegrates, as she knows all about with the dna evidence...etc etc.
Can't wait.......!!!!
Mum21,
Are you being a bit of a knit again?
lol lol lol
Dropped a few stitches indeed heheheh
Mum
Ask Alsabliar, apparently she can help everyone out,i think she must be richer than the queen, ooops I forgot, she is the queen!
(Queen of tarts)
and...doby
then we will know if there ARE INDEED aliens in outer space, once they meet her, they will definitely want to send her back. If she comes back, there are. If not,................
;o)))))))))))))))
where's Mum 21 gone??
didnt think much of the Shannon channel 4 programme......
Hi Mum,
Did you get those dentures fixed.
A bloody car ran over mine the other night on the M54, so had to use a bag.
Goodnight Sassyp,
I am sure you will make the most of your visit and trust all goes well.
China
Now see what you made me do, I broke it!
Back later on ladies,
phone call to attend to lol.
Christabel
did you read this?
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Dobywallah said...
KIWIGIRL. Interesting post and I fully agree with your comments. Yesterday I looked into Alsabella's Blog and read 2345's post in which she reassured her fellow bloggers "Don't worry about these threats (of being sued) I shall be there to help you all out! Ha Ha, have you ever heard anything so profound, stupid and pathetically ridiculous?
20 March 2008 10:24
not a hoover bag I hope Christabel,
Sass will be cross.....
Hello there Mum
you popped in dropping stitiches when I was posting, so Hi there. Been really busy and out all day. Shattered.
Poor Rosiepops,
Don't worry.
Humpty Dumpty broke it as well, lol
Where are your kings horse and all your kings men, to put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Let's give that a wide berth, I do not want to go there.
You have got more avatars, than Alsabella has identities lol
Well Ladies, thanks for your pleasent and entertaining company,but it's 10.48 hours by my Chinese made Everite, or is it Never right watch, (kidding) and I can hear my bed calling "Doby, come to Bo Bo's or you'll be tired in the morning!" Dead smart is my bed! Good night all. X
huh
If 2345.999 not there said 'don't worry I will help you'....
I'd run for my life like the clappers.
Sorry Ladies,
I popped off to make my Horlicks.
I noticed there has been a lot of deleted posts on Alsa's blog again tonight. Why do they always blame us? The internet does extend a little further than three blogs...well at least it did last time I looked.
I see Clawdia never changes her tune...we are still child neglect defenders. Oh, and somebody called Joe says Rosie and Mum21 think they are superior to anyone else.
Gina..is moaning about Rosie's reply.
All the same rubbish...over and over again.
At least our blog is a happy one. That is more than you can say for theirs.
Phew! glad I'm allowed to be myself at last!!!LOL
the Shannon programme again did not show a parent portraying much emotion.
I don't think you can judge by this, I know if I were in Shannon's mum place I could not eat, yet there she was always seem to be eating or smoking.
I think stress has a different reaction on people, some eat when highly nervous, others just shut down all their emotions and I know from the past my appetite completely vanishes.
I think Kate is like this too!
I found the programme concentrating a lot on money.
What did cause me to raise my eyebrows was when that man mentioned the McCann's leaving their children alone and slated them for it, yet no mention of shannon's mother allowing a 9 year old girl to walk home half a mile from school on her own, in the middle of winter, freezing cold with hair probably still wet from swimming, getting dark around that time and it was a very damp foggy afternoon and apparently the alarm wasn't raised until around 7pm that she was missing!
i really don't think they are in a place to criticize do you?
Mum,
Horlicks, sounds nice, is it good for rabbits who have a hangover?
Helen,
I have no sympathy at all.
Been there...done it...got the T shirt.
But Horlicks may help you.
Helen you've hatched!
Yes, you could call me 'born again'
No, Rosie. I don't think they are in a place to criticize.
There is more to this Shannon case than meets the eye. But you can bet our police will not take 10 months+ to sort it out and get to the truth.
Mum
I haven't even bothered to read A's.
Gina moaning about my reply, then perhaps she should not poke her nose in and criticize me for doing what she is always doing!
Why do we always get the blame for people going on their blog?
Anyway it is probably Marla (Alsabella) doing that to try and pin the blame on us, after all we all know she posts as Anonymous to wind people up!
Apparently they all should not worry about being sued, as she will be there to help everyone out!
Talk about conceited clap trap!
Like she can stop the dolt 2345 from being sued?
I think Marla doesn't live in Portugal, she must live in cloud cuckoo land!
much better HELEN
hope there are no nasty sharp objects in those lovel little eggs?
good
hangover? half pint of chilled water then...
good hot bowl of lentil soup. and bed. and hot water bottle.
Jane,
I am knitting you a scarf to keep you warm in this cold spell.
I may have to send it to you with the needles attached...cos I can't cast off. Please ignore the odd hole due to a few dropped stitches.
Born again bunny girl?
(bugs bunny)
Rosie,
Nothing on God's earth could get me to comment on their evil blog. Either with my ID or anonymous.
They would save themselves a lot of trouble if they stopped anon postings.
Mum
They caught this man last Friday and he was in court and charged this week. they charged him on the evidence they had and there may be other charges to follow, this is police work.
This is how I know the PJ have nothing to charge the McCann's on, if they did they would have charged by now and they would bring further charges against them down the line if need be.
Also in the Jersey case, British detectives have already visited other countries in order to interview them they didn't need papers and the sure as heck did not have 10 months to get a couple of letters together to request to interview a suspect.
The Portuguese legal system is a heap of pants!
ah bless you Mum21
just what I need to keep me warm and cosy here. thank you for that.
I wonder how much further down the DE circulation will go now? A lot of unhappy people..........
Serves them right. And the Daily Mail too. In fact the whole damn lot of them bar the Times, Guardian, Observer perhaps? They deserve it. reap what sew bla bla bla bla
Once trust is broken very hard, if not impossible to get it back. They deliberately 'used' us with their headlines, and used us again with their 'experiment' with their HYS ..... Daily Mirror knows that too, as does the Star with their 'shout'.
Oh dear. Sad really. We here, I feel, are all in the right place. the fact that Supertroll had to take a stand against what was happening is testament to the venom displayed. ;o((((
Just in case we did not know the calibre of notdoc, this from him posted on that woman's site
Hello Bianca!
LONG time no see. I got similar treatment on DE last night, but nobody reported anyone, they just pulled the article. What time is it in Sydney now?
Have your say on here and at Alsabella's. We still get regular visits from the pros disguised as 'anon' and can mostly slag them off without fear of reprisal. Nice to see your name pop up :-)
2345
Thuggish is a good word for them.
BBL
Thursday, 20 March 2008 13:49:00 o'clock GMT
Bianca said...
Hi Docmac - yes, long time no read! (LOL)
Thanks. I think I will enjoy posting in a "pro-slagging-off-the-pro's" environment!
Take care :-)
P.S. Interesting you didn't get banned. But I do believe
doppelganger
go away and winge somewhere else.
Ever thought that perhaps you lot og blood thirsty killing theorist annoy people?
Don't answer don't want to know.
the people on tha blog are an affront to normal minded people.
Bye
Jane,
Hot water bottle!!! have you forgotten where I am?
Back again,
Anything new?
ha ha ha helen no I haven't fogotten
don't you find it a comfort strategically placed???? ha ha
OK
put cold water in it with ice and put it on your head then. tee hee just that I am jealous of you over there, as we have snow tomorrow and it is bitterly cold and windy too.
Steady as you go Mum21,
What are you knitting for me?
for the avoidance of doubt
I deleted my own post a little earlier.....no probs or anything. We will not be invaded on this happy site. Isn't it amazing some people want to attack for us being 'happy' here. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Mum##I don't know why they just do not turn off anon posters and then they could stop whinging all the time.
It still hasn't penetrated their thick heads that besides us, there are actually other people in this world and on the net who actively despise the way these morons are behaving.
I mean for goodness sakes what impression is 2345 and arepa giving to people that accidentally come across their blog?
What comments is Marla deleting anyway? Ones that do not agree with her?
What a lot of moaners!
I note again this blog is ticking over happily and then enter doppelganger to try and upset people, it is as if he cannot bear to see us all happily getting along!
Rosie,
Have we had another visit from Doppleganger?
For goodness sake what is the matter with the man. Last night he went straight from here to whine about us to the other blog.
Dope,
Sorry to be so blunt, but I believe you only visit our site, because you have no female attention at home and long for interaction with anything in a skirt and preferably with wings and female.
You are misguided and lost.
Hubby says that you should try the Scottish Rugby Team, they all wear skirts and have wings.
PS.....Don't emigrate to Australia, they will just send you back.........
No China
just same old thing Doppel paid his normal visit to try and upset our forum.
rosiepops
yes, indeed. took words out of my mouth.
why come to a party you were not invited to and were not wanted -springs to mind.......
Has Seawitch been on today? If she has I have missed her post but when reading back didn't see any......
China,
I am knitting you a pair of new wings. Just in case your old ones wear out.
OI CHINADOLL YOU TELL HUBBI THAT'S IT NOW...
,SKIRTS, INDEED.
HMMPHHHH
what about tossing the caber
big welliboot race
the skirl of the pipes
etc etc etc
huh I am now going to open my can of Lager to defend myself.......
against drout you understand.
That curry still isn't eaten, as I say 1 pappadum, half portion of mixed pakora that was it. I can't eat all that stuff but I sniff it a lot as it smells wonderful, just can,t have any more. I willthink of you as I too am making Chilli con Carne this weekend. some Easter Roast that, huh, but never mind, if weather is as bad as is forecast it is what we will need and really enjoy.
That ridiculous comment by dope made me laugh too, he is on about us having multiple fake ID's lie on the DX.
he hinmself has multiple IDs so has notdoc, Viv aka Felicity and Alsabliar has around 12 IDs.
Doesn't he see how stupidly hypocritical he is?
Alsabliar was on this site only last week posting under anonymous and signing off as Marla until she tripped herself up.
For Goodness sakes you fools go get a life!
no one on here has multiple IDs, now go back to cloud cuckoo land.
And I am knitting Doppel a giant sized wollen gag. Hopefully that will shut him up.
As for what happened to Rat...that is no concern of ours and neither are we interested.
Kate, Gerry, family and loved ones,
I know you will be united as always, this weekend, as every weekend.
Keep your head up high, where it belongs and continue to look down on the scum that wish to judge you - behind their anonymous computer identity screens.
You are the only real people here and the faceless morons that slag you off are just that ---- morons.
Rosie,
The thing is...you would only be scared of being tracked down if you had uttered libel on the internet.
Seeing as this blog does not go in for libel...why should Doppel feel we need to be warned.
Nice one Dope,
But we all realised long ago, that you were so up Alsabellas skirt, that you were becoming an embarassment.
Cop out now Dope, whilst you still can.
Please do not come over here talking about ROTB.
If she wanted to behave like a demented moron and leave trails all over the place right to her work, it would not have taken much tracking down.
For goodness sakes she put it on the net herself!
Don't come here moaning at us because of her, it has nothing to do with any of us here, we could not give a stuff about ROTB.
ROTB was a poster I saw that thought it alright to bring Clarence Mitchell's persona life, his wife and his children onto the DX HYS and then published when and where he was taking his children to a football match.
That was sick.
Those comments were also posted on here and they were instantly removed.
Good job we have scruples unlike Alsablair.
Now please leave us alone.
Wow!!! just fell off my chair laughing.
Doppel,
The only reason we are left in peace is because we turned off Anonymous posting.
Why do you think we turned it off?
Because we were getting abusive posts the same as Alsa's blog does.
I am sick of you accusing us of being the culprits...because it is NOT us.
Plus...Alsabella does not need you to hold her hand. She is more than capable of sticking up for herself.
Plus Doppel,
Nobody needs to track me down...they already know who I am.
The reason why we do not get attacked is because we WERE getting attacked, by people using the C word and the F word all the time, so we stopped Anonymous postings.
How do we know we were not under attack from you lot on your two blogs of hate?
Don't you get it yet?
You are breeding hate and so hate is what you will get in return.
Tell Alsabliar to use her loaf and and do this to and it will stop.
Don't moan at us, it is not us we are quite happy here now please go.
good night.
Mum21,
That could come in handy.
What about a parachute, incase they fail - I know it's a big job, but I am worth it lol lol lol
Well,
I for one, hope that the loonies have deserted this blog,
Including you Dope.
Go get a life
or a woman
or whatever.
Just Go.
Weirdo
Ok China, a parachute it is.
But it will have to be square because I cannot do rounds.
Excuse me Ladies...close your ears.
DOPPEL...SOD OFF.
the loonies are leaving this blog alone because
1) We do not breed hate
2) We have turned off Anonymous postings.
Why are you here attacking us because we are not getting attacked?
It is crazy!
Alsabliar only need turn Anonymous comments off, why doesn't she do it? because half of the people that post there have not got a Google account because they are scared of getting one why? perhaps they are all multiple IDs!
Now please I am asking you nicely just go and leave us in peace because yet again you have come onto this blog and made it about yourself.
now please go because I have to delete your posts and you are disrupting our nice happy forum.
Dope,
You certainly like your gratification and that is why you are here.
You are a very sad individual, who has no friends or even, acquaintances.
Your idea of a night out and a bit of fun, is to gatecrash this site and make a nuisance of yourself.
You are to be pitied and as, we are a compassionate lot, we will just let you pontificate, as is your way.
Go home Dad.
Sorry Dad, I take that back.
You are probably not welcome at home either.
Jane,
Found the cure ....... leftover chilli!!!
Mum21,
That's find with me, but.................
Will the parachute work lol
Well My friends...I think I will retire to my bed.
I will take my knitting with me seeing as I have a few orders to complete.
Sleep well all of you and God Bless.
Doppleganger,
THANKFUL!!!!!!!
Janegt,
Nobody, let alone a Dope, is going to stop us from chatting.
FULL STOP.
China,
It will work if you tie the corners making it more of a round.
Can you cast off?
I did a Mum21
Had to have a 'horlicks' break
ha ha ha
no
just didn't like the threatening company
creeeeeeppppp!!!!
what's happened????
Don't forget my parachute Mum21.
Godbless.
x
Janegt,
Nothing threatening about a windbag.
How was the curry - clearly not homemade tut tut tut!!!!!!
Oy Mum21,
I'm not a bleeding Sailor.
Get your act together lass.
Right,
Have you forgotten your manners?
I have not and will, therefore, bid you all Goodnight.
and Godbless.
Goodnight Mum21, sleep well.
Chilli worked , stink of garlic, better book myself into spare room!!
Goodnight Chinadoll, Rosie and Jane, sleep well.
Mum
Good night sleep well take care xxx
China I thought this post said it all so I am posting it again.
chinadoll said...
Kate, Gerry, family and loved ones,
I know you will be united as always, this weekend, as every weekend.
Keep your head up high, where it belongs and continue to look down on the scum that wish to judge you - behind their anonymous computer identity screens.
You are the only real people here and the faceless morons that slag you off are just that ---- morons.
Good night China and Helen
Sleep well take care xxx
helen chille, garlic and alcohol, think you had better stay in the spare room lol
Oh dear a knitted parachute Mum ad China
what plane are you jumping out of then???? Not above the Iberian Peninsular is it? Where would you put your passport??? If the police found it, it would take well well over 10 months to get it to you again....you might have to stay there. oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and yes, Chinadoll I did notmake it homemade as it's not as good as theirs, and yes, I really had to leave it all except from nibbling some starters. It will be fine tomorrow. I hae put it in fridge. so what does that make it....er em tof??? Thursday's old food?????
I am trying to learn.
;o)))))))))))
Mum Horlicks out this can tastes good. Better than I remember at 9 years old....yum
are you off? If so good night. If not, get back here.
Or Helen somehow attach your rear end to a hot air balloon to conserve energy! ;-)
good night
HELEN, MUM21 AND CHINADOLL
helen, that chilli would probably do the trick. chillies are good for you. there seems a chilli epidemic on here now. China, me and you.........
It's lovely though isn't it?
take care all, have sweet dreams and see you over the Easter Weekend I trust.
IF NOT
HAVE A LOVELY PEACEFUL EASTER.
jane
night I am off now
I will close the door till Calcite and Diane pop in and read this so
Hi there you two.....
trust you are well.
GOOD NIGHT
JANE
Good night jane
Sleep well take care xxx
Hi Calcite and Diane
Hope you both are well. Saw you briefly pop up earlier then you disappeared, hope we can catch up later.
Until then take care off to bed now. xxx
xxx God Bless Madeleine and we are all hoping for an Easter miracle, hope dear little Madeleine, Kate and Gerry's torment will soon be ended xxx
Hi, Rosiepops - been having internet problems today (this morning and tonite). Yes, the bill has been paid - company said something about a surge, whatever...
I read all your wonderful stories -please leave them on.
Both my parents died a few years ago - my mom was the first to go. She had been a teacher all of her life and was very religious. She had cancer and was in the hospital - I really believe God was with her.
The hospital she was in only had a few beds - the rooms were private but were equipped to be turned into a double in a pinch.
One day, her room was turned into a double - my mom's roommate was a nurse and this nurse had been present when my mom's younger brother passed away 45+ years ago of rheumatic fever.
The nurse remembered my grandmother and my mom who were both in the room when my uncle passed away. She remembered them because they lit a candle and bowed their heads in prayer as my uncle took his last few breaths.
On a cold, dreary day in March(mom passed away March 9 - so just before she died) my mother looked out the hospital window and she said, "Look how beautiful and green everything is."
I know you're all thinking she was on medicine and hallucinating but you would be wrong - the only drugs she took was an occasional Tylenol 3. The doctor said he had never seen anyone with such a high tolerance of pain.
On the day she died, she left me with the most precious of gifts (my sister told me she felt the same way). I have never felt as peaceful as I have the day she passed away - I think it was her way of connecting with us and letting us know she was okay. Even though it has been years now I still remember the peace I felt and that I had never felt such peace.
Have a great evening.
Maybe someone can explain something to me....
It's something that I've wondered about for a long time.
The anti-blogs assure us it's all about justice for Madeleine. Their passion for justice and their conviction that it is the parents' who have murdered or accidentally killed their daughter.
But it is because the parents, the grandmothers, the uncles, the aunts, etc. have shared their private and personal stories about Madeleine and their very private pictures of Madeleine that we all feel we know this beautiful, precious child.
They really didn't have to share with us as much as they have - and yet I think they did because they REALLY, REALLY want Madeleine back.
Calcite
Your post is very moving. Thank you for posting it.
To everyone, I wish you all the best for Easter. I have been working this morning (Good Friday) as I am behind with my work, had to take bit of time off this week. I have finished now and will try to get on over the weekend to see how Easter is going around the world.
Happy Easter.
This will be another sad time for the McCanns as they remember last Easter with Madeleine and then to have this Easter without her. It deeply saddens me. I wish she was home, I dont have the words to tell you how much I want it.
It has been so long since she went missing. But to Kate and Gerry she is still their little 3 yo and they are missing her grow up. The twins are growing so fast and it must be reminding them what they are missing not having Madeleine in their life.
Thinking of you constantly, you beautiful little girl. Madeleine.
Calcite
In my opinion the anti blogs are nothing to do with justice for Madeleine. The whole situation has become a game on those blogs and its participants have forgotten that the McCanns are real people and that Madeleine is a real little girl.
The pain that the McCann family and extended family are going through is obvious to anyone with half a brain. I thank them for the insight they have given to us about this beautiful little girl, who touched all of our lives that day she went missing in May last year.
Jane said yesterday that she has never been this involved (read obsessed) in a case like this before. Neither have I.
And I dont know why.
Loggin off now.
Happy Easter to you all.
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