On April 5, 2019, the editorial board of The Daily Free Press published an editorial titled, "BU should match club funding on Giving Day." In the editorial, we argued that the university should match...
In the print version of The Daily Free Press' Basketball Preview Issue published on Nov. 7, a photo spread entitled "Get to know your 2013-14 men’s basketball team" misidentified three players:
The...
It came to the attention of editors today that material in the story profiling BU faculty drummer AJ Schortman was untrue and fabricated. Some of the interviews were never performed, and the corresponding...
Dear Readers,
As illustrated by a posting on XOJane on Thursday, the Crime Logs sections of The Daily Free Press have repeatedly published callous sub-headlines making light of serious issues and inadvertently...
In an article published online on Nov. 1, titled “Kennedy greets T riders amid complaints on campaign’s activities,” the reporter wrote that the Joe Kennedy III congressional campaign did not wish...
In an article published in the Oct. 23 print edition and online, titled “NSTAR’s monopoly in Boston utilities nearly inescapable, advocacy groups say,” Patrick Mehr, spokesman for the Massachusetts...
In an article published in the Oct. 4 print edition and online, titled “Splash re-opened after temporary closing,” one Boston University student who had attended Splash was misquoted as saying: “Every...
In an article published in the Sept. 18 print edition and online, titled "H1N1 vaccine may worsen symptoms, study finds," the author wrote that ferrets in a study were issued an H1N1 vaccine before being...
In an article published in the Nov. 10 print edition titled "'Rhee-act: Bostonians protest suggested privatization of education," the author wrote that according to fliers handed out at the protest, WGBH...
In a staff edit from Nov. 2, titled "Bearing the Cross," the opinion editor unintentionally did not attribute the background information cited in the first three paragraphs. The opinion editor reviews...
In an article published in Monday's issue, titled "MBTA may shut down program for elderly, disabled," the author incorrectly attributed a quotation-- that asked for a fare increase rather than a service...
In an article published in Thursday's issue titled "Activists congregate to promote world peace," the author incorrectly paraphrased Penny Joy Snider-Light, a peace Representative at the World Peace Prayer...
