The Guardian has clarified that Mariam Cissé’s killing in Mali was misdescribed as an “execution,” a term that refers specifically to a legally authorised death sentence.

Previously, it reported that she had been “executed” in public, despite the fact that she was killed extrajudicially by suspected jihadists in an area outside state control.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks overstating the legitimacy of militant violence, obscuring the breakdown of state authority in Mali, and misleading readers about the nature of an already grave incident.

The Guardian has clarified that Andrew Cuomo ran in and lost the Democratic primary before standing as an independent in the New York mayoral race.

Previously, it implied that he bypassed the primary entirely.

That distinction matters, and misreporting it risks distorting Cuomo’s political position and misrepresenting the dynamics of a tightly contested and politically charged election.

The Times has twice corrected its false claim that a newborn baby died after a burglary in Alice Springs.

Previously, it had reported the child’s death before clarifying that the baby was seriously injured but survived.

That distinction matters, and misreporting it risks deepening trauma for those involved and undermining confidence in the paper’s editorial accuracy.

The New York Times has clarified that Andrew Cuomo did not use the word “unequivocally” when condemning Islamophobic comments.

Previously, it had quoted him as saying he “unequivocally” condemned such remarks.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks stirring needless alarm by suggesting rehearsed defensiveness in a volatile debate over religion and campaign rhetoric.

The Financial Times has clarified that the anti-tariff ad campaign aired in the US was launched by Ontario, not the federal government in Ottawa.

Previously, the paper’s report suggested that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government was behind the campaign.

That distinction matters, and misreporting it risks distorting the source of the US–Canada trade row by attributing a provincial initiative to national policy.

The Guardian has clarified that the A$840 million in government funding was awarded to a Gina Rinehart–backed company, not to Rinehart personally.

Previously, it misstated that Rinehart herself received the funds.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks suggesting direct personal benefit from taxpayer money — when in fact the support went to a corporate vehicle associated with, but not owned outright by, Rinehart.

The Guardian has clarified that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated $187 billion in SNAP funding through 2034, not 2024.

Previously, it misstated the duration of the cuts, implying a more immediate crisis than the legislation dictates.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks inflating the short-term severity of the food stamp crisis — distorting the line between political brinkmanship and the long-term erosion of America’s social safety net.

The Guardian has clarified that violence near Dublin’s Citywest asylum hotel occurred over two nights, not three.

Previously, it described the unrest as spanning three nights of disorder.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks exaggerating the duration and severity of the crisis — turning a two-night flashpoint into a prolonged narrative of urban breakdown, with real consequences for how public fear and official response are understood.

The Financial Times has clarified that Hong Kong’s 2019 protests were pro-democracy demonstrations that preceded and sparked the National Security Law, not protests against the law itself.

Previously, it reversed the timeline, implying that mass demonstrations were responding to an already enacted law.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks muddying the historical record by turning a pre-emptive push for democratic freedoms into a belated reaction — softening the sense of public resistance that the law was designed to suppress.

The Times has clarified that Chris Cash was accused of providing information for reports linked to Chinese intelligence, not of writing them.

Previously, it stated that he had authored such reports and misattributed comments between Lord McDonald of Salford and Lord Macdonald of River Glaven.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks unfairly inflating the severity of the allegation and undermining trust in public commentary through avoidable editorial error.

The Times has clarified that the China Investment Corporation no longer holds a stake in National Grid’s former gas distribution network, having sold its interest in 2019.

Previously, it stated that CIC retained a 10.5 percent holding in the company.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks stirring needless alarm by implying continued Chinese control over UK energy infrastructure, undermining informed debate about foreign investment and national security.

The Telegraph has corrected its reporting to clarify that the figures only showed skilled workers were likely to earn less than the UK average.

Previously, it claimed nearly three quarters of visa holders were definitively paid below that benchmark.

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks stirring needless alarm by presenting a contested policy issue as a settled fact, amplifying fears about the economic impact of migration without adequate evidence.

The New York Times has issued a correction to its Sept. 27 report, “Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions,” after misstating when the Security Council’s “snapback” measures would take effect.

The paper originally told readers the reimposition was set for Sunday. Its amendment clarifies the sanctions were due Saturday, not Sunday: “An earlier version of this article misstated when sanctions were set to be reimposed on Iran. They were set to take effect on Saturday, not Sunday.”

The Guardian has corrected a key mistake in its reporting on BP’s annual energy outlook, after misquoting figures on future gas demand in a way that risked trivialising the scale of the challenge.

In its 26 September article, “BP suggests net zero will not be met as it raises oil targets,” the paper wrote that natural gas demand could reach 4,806 cubic metres a year in 2050, up from a previous estimate of 4,729 cubic metres. The correct figures, as later acknowledged, were 4,806 billion cubic metres and 4,729 billion cubic metres.

The BBC’s latest Panorama investigation, Gaza: Dying for Food, has been accused of misrepresenting Israeli claims about Hamas diverting humanitarian aid, after relying heavily on UN assurances that no systemic theft has taken place.

The program, which was unable to film inside Gaza itself and instead relied on local Palestinian filmmakers, cited an August report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that alleged famine conditions, a finding Israel has dismissed as “an outright lie”.

Semafor has corrected a recent report on perceptions of safety in the Gulf, after initially mischaracterising the nature of Gallup’s findings.

The original article highlighted Gallup’s latest global survey, which placed five Gulf countries among the world’s top 10 for feeling safe while walking alone at night. The UAE was singled out as a regional outlier where women reported feeling marginally safer than men, though the difference across the Gulf was small.

The Telegraph has issued a significant correction to a June article headlined “Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin”. The story had claimed that Sergei Chernikov — and by extension his niece, Yulia Kirillova — maintained active ties to the Kremlin and to President Vladimir Putin. The paper now concedes this was false.

In reality, neither Chernikov nor Kirillova has any association with the Kremlin or with Putin. Chernikov has lived outside Russia since 2008 and has not returned since 2020. The Telegraph also wrongly described him as a former Deputy Governor of the Nenets region in Siberia, and further alleged he had received a personal note of thanks from Putin during the 2000 election campaign — both claims now acknowledged to be untrue.

The Times has issued a correction after it incorrectly reported that a statue of Queen Elizabeth II would cost up to £46 million and be unveiled next year.

In fact, as the paper clarified, the £46 million figure refers to the overall budget for the memorial site in St James’s Park. The designs for the site are not yet complete and are only due to be finalised next year.