March 20, 2012

The Observer corrects a mishmash of nationality errors:

Identity crises: the actor Bruno Ganz is Swiss, not German (“They can be funny, sweet and flippant”, In Focus, last week, page 33); the sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was Swiss, not Italian (“The man who stood witness for the world”, New Review, 4 March, page 12); Het Laatste Nieuws is a Belgian newspaper, not a Dutch one (“Bestseller joins the Nordic invasion of Britain”, News, 4 March, page 19) and we described RTBF as a French TV channel, when it is a French-speaking Belgian TV station (“Hazard lights up on the Spurs radar”, Sport, 19 Feb, page 1).

Support high-integrity, independent journalism that serves democracy. Make a gift to Poynter today. The Poynter Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and your gift helps us make good journalism better.
Donate
Craig Silverman (craig@craigsilverman.ca) is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Regret the Error, a blog that reports on media errors and corrections, and trends…
Craig Silverman

More News

Back to News