Picnic or dog fight? Semantics?

On Reuter's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- which posts reader complaints regarding articles or photos with errors and then corrects/apologizes/clarifies them -- one post regarding a blast in Afghanistan claimed the victims were at a picnic in the cutline when in fact they were at a dog fight.

The following complaint was fairly scathing:

They were not picnicing, they were murdering dogs. I hope you get your priorities straight, I usually rely on you for my news.

Chris F.

This error, which seems all too common, reminded me a lot of the reports right after Hurricane Katrina of a black person "looting" and a white person "scavenging." But at least Reuters puts their errors out there.

The G, B and U blog

Oops. Get that punctuation right

From Romenesko:

Steelworkers want apology for $817K error in WSJ editorial
United Steelworkers release | Wall Street Journal
A Wall Street Journal editorial said on Monday: "Forms have also revealed that union leaders are not exactly members of the proletariat: Jimmy Warren, Treasurer of the Steelworkers and AFL-CIO makes $825,262 a year." Actually, he makes $8,252.62 a year and he's not "treasurer of the Steelworkers." The union is unhappy with the Journal's "inadequate, out-of-context correction" and wants an apology.