Today in Media Files, the Daily Telegraph‘s front page exclusive has been debunked quicker than you could read it, and a classic mix-up between a US footballer and Ringo Starr.

Not Quito right on Gallagher citizenship. The Daily Telegraph had barely hit newsstands this morning before its front-page story was reportedly debunked. Sharri Markson’s “exclusive” that Senator Katy Gallagher might actually be an Ecuadorian citizen by descent was splashed on the front page of the Sydney tabloid, citing a passenger card showing Gallagher’s mum was born in Ecuador, and changes to the Ecuadorian constitution in 2008 that would make the Senator a citizen. Gallagher’s denial was limited to one line in Markson’s piece, but in a statement that the ABC received last night, she said her citizenship had been thoroughly investigated by the Labor Party before she stood for Parliament:

“As part of the ALP vetting process, I disclosed that my mother was a British citizen, born in Ecuador to British parents, who were temporarily working in Ecuador. The circumstances of my mother’s birth and citizenship were investigated. As a result of these investigations it was determined that I had not obtained Ecuadorian citizenship by descent from my mother.”

Markson is standing by her story, tweeting this morning a link to the Ecuadorian constitution, noting that she spoke to the Ecuadorian embassy yesterday, which “did not say constitution only applies to those born after 2008. They sent me the constitution”.

Correction of the day. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s correction of a sports story over the weekend has drummed up some attention after mixing up Green Bay Packers centre Jim Ringo with The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr:

ABC expands regional radio streams. The ABC has added seven new regional live audio streams under its audiences strategy. New live streams have been added from Ballarat, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Horsham, Mildura, Port Macquarie and Broken Hill. They’re in addition to 16 streams already running from regional ABC stations around the country, and can be accessed on local station websites, the ABC radio website and the ABC radio app. The ABC says it will add streams for the remaining stations “as funding becomes available”.

Story behind powerful flood image. Photographer Louis DeLuca has told Poynter the story behind an already-iconic image of the catastrophic flooding in Houston:

“I certainly understand the power of the still image to move people, and I’m just thankful to have taken one that so many have responded to positively.”

 

Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings. Back to normal for Seven last night, without any help from Hell’s Kitchen (859,000 nationally) or yet another trip to the Princess Diana well (702,000). To celebrate the advances of CBS, Ten ran a weak fourth as Australian Survivor flopped again (774,000). Once again the program that followed it — Have You Been Paying Attention — out rated Survivor with 886,000 national viewers and deserved more. 

In the regions, Seven News was tops with 649,000, followed by Seven News/Today Tonight with 534,000, then The Block with 502,000, Home and Away was fourth with 469,000 and The Chase at 5.30pm averaged 427,000 for fifth.

Game of Thrones ended with more than 800,000 people watching on showcase on Foxtel — 561,000 for its live telecast and 306,000 for its replay in the evening. — Read the rest on the Crikey website