Update: this story is incorrect. See the comments section for more
Agence France Press made a gaffe this week when they distributed an article-cum-photo of one of Sarah Palin’s interviews on American TV. The article was fine, but the picture was not — the image shows actress Tina Fey impersonating Palin on comedy show Saturday Night Live. So far, AFP has not apologized yet.
It’s not the first time AFP blunders. A year ago, the agency sent a message across the world saying that the American Space Shuttle Atlantis had exploded shortly after take-off with seven astronauts on board. Ah well…
Bonjour
I kindly ask you to correct this post on your blog. You accuse AFP (without having checked properly or tried to contact us as far as I can tell) of having made a mistake by adding a Tina Fey picture to a Sarah Palin story. It is simply not true. If you had looked closer you would have seen that the picture is an AP picture and that the mistake comes from the Canadian newspaper Le Soleil (they run a correction today apologizing for the mistake).
We do sometimes make mistakes (you are right about the space shuttle) but we always try to acknowledge them and to correct them. I hope you’ll do the right thing and correct the post.
Best regards
Christophe Vogt
Deputy chief Editor for AFP in North America
Office: 1 202 414 0643
Cell: 1 202 285 2332
e-mail: christophe.vogt@afp.com
You\’re right and I was wrong, so you have my sincere apologies. I was merely quoting from another source (see link above), and the story is still running across the world, so you may have to press for more corrections elsewhere.
so now you know that AFP is watching… Congratulations on this prestigious distinction!!
I’m sure the Elysée is watching too!