Then, as a consequence of a Newsnight report, the former Conservative party treasurer Lord McAlpine was wrongly linked to historic allegations of child sexual abuse.
The university was wrongly linked to one of the 7/7 bombers, reports of which resulted in public apologies from one newspaper.
The former Conservative politician who was wrongly linked to a child sex abuse scandal as a result of a botched Newsnight investigation is expected to reach a settlement with the BBC, his solicitor has told the corporation.
A 37-year-old Oregon lawyer in 2004, Mayfield was wrongly linked to the Madrid train bombing by imperious F.B.I. agents who brushed aside the cautions of Spanish investigators and matched a fingerprint found at the scene to his.
Lord McAlpine, the former Conservative party treasurer who was wrongly linked to a child sex abuse scandal, is on the brink of reaching a settlement with the BBC over its bungled Newsnight investigation.
In the 80s, conservatives in the US worried that heavy metal was inspiring satanism, sexual activity, aggression and anger in its fans; Marilyn Manson and goth culture was wrongly linked to the 1999 Columbine shootings.
Disciplinary proceedings have begun against some of those involved in approving the broadcast that led to the former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine being wrongly linked to child abuse.
Amid the anger directed at Isis, there is a simmering resentment among some in the local Muslim community that they are being wrongly linked to jihadi militants in Syria and Iraq.
The case dates back five years, when Nicolas Sarkozy's name appeared on a list sent to the former French Prime Minister of top politicians and businessmen who were wrongly linked to an illegal bank account in Luxembourg.
Swift just told Vanity Fair that she's only dated two people since 2010, and while she may have been wrongly linked to some, she definitely dated a number of big stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer, Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner over the years.
But [these companies] are largely a secret industry". Rotenberg said mistakes could be made when job applicants with common names are wrongly linked to people by the same name with criminal records.
