Category Archives: Magazines

Lessons in geography etc.

October 22, 2009 – 8:00 am

In “Underqualified for the Overrated” we incorrectly said that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Stockholm. In fact, it is given in Oslo. We also said the Italian daily La Stampa is based in Rome. It’s based in Turin. NEWSWEEK REGRETS the errors. Link

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Misheard on the Hill

October 22, 2009 – 8:00 am

The Oct. 20 edition of Heard on the Hill incorrectly stated that former cable talk-show host Alan Colmes grabbed drinks at Westend Bistro on Friday night. Colmes was not at the bar. Link

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Rest is fine

September 25, 2009 – 8:00 am

The article “Beware of Big Ideas: Newly nervous post-Soviet states crack down on Western schools” (Aug. 10 & 17) contained several errors. The article stated that the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (known as KIMEP) recently laid off 30 professors. The correct number is 20. The article also stated that KIMEP spent [...]

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Trouble in the pipeline

September 9, 2009 – 8:00 am

There are a few corrections that need to be made regarding two stories in the August, 2009 edition featuring Newco Tank Corp.
The first story, “All systems are go for launch of patented Newco tank,” page C11, spoke about Newco’s new production tank design that features the engine package inside the tank, and using its heat [...]

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

August 28, 2009 – 8:00 am

CORRECTION: In our June/July 2009 article "10 Ways to Save Your Child’s Life," we incorrectly stated that about 115 children reported missing each day are the victims of "stereotypical" kidnappings. The correct statistic is about 115 each year. We regret the error.

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

August 28, 2009 – 8:00 am

A factual matter regarding the Leibovitz story. Goldman wrote in regard to a loan agreement that Leibovitz entered into with a company called Art Capital that, "Under the terms of the agreement, says a person familiar with the loan, Art Capital could be entitled to up to 22.5 percent of all the proceeds from the [...]

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A less than ideal sendoff

August 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

In the Summer 2009 issue of Science Activities (Volume 46, Number 2), our late executive editor was remembered as John McClure. The correct spelling of his name is John McLure. We regret the error and extend our sympathy to Dr. McLure’s family.

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Two articles that could have used a better edit

August 7, 2009 – 1:29 pm

Please enjoy these juvenile yet amusing Friday treats.
An unfortunate headline:

The headline has since been changed to read "Kiwanis present award." Boo. Thanks to Andrew and Deann! The image is via HuffPo.
And here’s an unfortunate choice of words from Martha Stewart Living, via Bike Snob NYC:

And here’s the graphic that accompanied it, also via Bike Snob [...]

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

July 29, 2009 – 8:00 am

On page 2 of the July 23 paper and page 12 of the July 24 paper, the Earnings Calendar chart misstated SunTrust Banks Inc.’s per-share loss for the second quarter. It lost 41 cents, not $4.41. A typographical error was to blame.
 

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Magazine uses wrong photo in story about child abuse at nursery

July 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

A report from the Guardian:

The trade magazine Nursery Management Today could face a claim for damages after publishing a picture of the wrong nursery to illustrate a story about an investigation into child abuse.
The July/August edition of the title, owned by Hawker Publications, included a picture of the wrong nursery – in which the nursery’s [...]

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Lit lesson

July 17, 2009 – 8:00 am

In "Yearning to be free" (July 4th) we inadvertently implied that Lara was married to Yuri Zhivago. Our shamefaced apologies to Boris Pasternak; his famous lovers of course never married. Link

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Plagiarism at Cotswold Life

July 14, 2009 – 8:00 am

The Press Gazette’s Axegrinder blog spotted this apology in Cotswold Life magazine:

In our January and February 2009 issues of Cotswold Life we published a number of articles focused on upcoming events in the county which included original material taken, without permission, from the website www.soglos.com. We are very sorry that we failed to seek permission, [...]

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Photog working for NY Times Mag accused of manipulating images UPDATE: NY Times confirms manipulations

July 8, 2009 – 4:17 pm

(See update at the bottom of this post.)
A photographer whose work appeared in the New York Times Magazine has been accused of digitally manipulating his images. Edgar Martins produced a photo essay entitled "Ruins of the Second Gilded Age." It showed abandoned buildings/construction projects and was featured in the magazine and on the Times website. [...]

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Apology

July 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

In John Kampfner’s article, we stated that Alastair Campbell prevailed upon Lord Butler to tone down important sections of his report on intelligence used in the buildup to the Iraq war. We are happy to accept that this is not so, and that Mr Campbell, who left Downing Street in 2003, played no role in [...]

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Rest is fine

June 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

An article about career-coaching company Career By Choice ("Roman Payday," June) contained the following errors: The company is three years old, not two; its 2008 revenue was 56,000 euros, not 70,000 euros; client Brian Rothbart launched a lecture DVD, not an online lecture series; and client Tony Piccolo works in information management at the U.N., [...]

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Hooray for gender inequality

June 22, 2009 – 8:00 am

We mistakenly suggested that greater gender inequality increases the instance of female mathematicians in a country. Of course that should have been gender equality (6 June, p 7).
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A Stone (cold sober) Pole

June 16, 2009 – 8:00 am

Correction: In the May 2009 Liquidity column Dale Degroff’s recipe for the Stone Pole was printed without its chief ingredient, 1/2 ounce of Zubrowka vodka. Out regrets the error.

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Genital, not genetic

June 8, 2009 – 8:00 am

In our review of “Ruined”, Lynn Nottage’s play, “Political charge” (May 23rd), the phrase “violent genital mutilation” was written as “violent genetic mutilation”. Our apologies.

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Terawhat?

May 18, 2009 – 8:00 am

Let’s be clear: the rate at which sunlight delivers energy to the Earth’s surface should be expressed in terawatts. Our “For the record” of 25 April (p 25) not only contained a nonsense of its own (suggesting that a terawatt is different from a terajoule per second), but also failed to address our original blooper, [...]

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All Supreme Court justices look alike

May 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

A caption in the May 4 edition of Conventional Wisdom Watch misidentified the Supreme Court justice in the photograph. It was John Paul Stevens, not David Souter. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. Link

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Sorry, doctors

May 1, 2009 – 8:00 am

We would like to apologise to the world’s pathologists for suggesting that the histological examination of excised tumours is carried out by “technicians”, as suggested last week in “Illuminating surgery”. The pathologists who perform this work are, of course, physicians who specialise in the examination of tissue samples. Link

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Sometimes you miss the most obvious things

April 29, 2009 – 8:00 am

From a blog post by a National Geographic copydesk director David Brindley:

…Our article “Arctic Landgrab” highlights the cutting-edge cartography used to map the bottom of the Arctic Ocean—and the race to stake claims on the oil that may lie beneath. Our cartographers spent months on the nine pages of maps in the article, poring [...]

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Wrong name, wrong person

April 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

In our April 20 issue, Erin Maxwell was misidentified as “Ashley Butts” in a photo caption. In the photo Erin Maxwell is hugging Abby Butts. We regret the error.

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Sports Illustrated finally corrects false report about positive drug test

April 23, 2009 – 8:00 am

Roughly three weeks ago, the website of Sports Illustrated reported that NFL draft prospect B.J. Raji had tested positive for marijuana at the NFL combine. The story was widely quoted but it also drew criticism, especially after Raji’s agent disputed the tale. Days later, SI scrubbed the story off its site. The FanHouse asked SI [...]

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Esquire apologizes for expletive-laden article offering advice on swearing

April 21, 2009 – 1:31 pm

The May issue of Esquire includes a section that promises to give readers 26 “skills worth having.” Included among the advice on skinning a moose, giving a massage, parallel parking, and consoling a crying woman was a lesson in how to “curse well.” That item apparently upset a number of readers and the magazine has [...]

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