In the article, “It’s All About Losing The Weight” (July 2008), Stephanie Washington’s weight classification was incorrectly described. Based on her height and weight, the body mass index (BMI) classifies her as “overweight.”
In the July 1 paper, a story on page 16, “Viewpointe Offering a Cheap Connection for Small Banks, page 16, had several errors. First, it misdescribed Viewpointe’s new Internet connectivity service, which uses an existing file-sharing application, not a new software product. The story also misstated Viewpointe’s ownership structure; it is owned by five banks [...]
Editor’s note: A page about Hong Kong in the June 1 issue that was marked “feature” is actually a paid advertisement, not produced in The Times newsroom, and was erroneously printed without the words “paid advertisement” on it. Advertisements that are displayed in a manner that may confuse or mislead readers into believing what they [...]
In “Dirty Smoke Signals” (May), we mistakenly reported that the Black Mesa coal mine is located east of Phoenix. It is roughly 300 miles north.
In “Joining the ‘Out’ Club” (BELIEFWATCH, June 16), we said that the evangelical pastor Rick Warren had announced he was welcoming a group of gay fathers to his church on Father’s Day. In fact, Warren did not announce the visit of a group of gay fathers to his Saddleback Church on Father’s Day, nor did [...]
This year is the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. It’s a big deal for the city, and French magazine Paris-Match decided to dedicate a recent issue to the celebration. Unfortunately, its editors were under the impression that it was the province of Quebec’s 400th anniversary. Quebec City barely earned a mention in the issue. Folks [...]
An article last Sunday about the TV series “Mad Men” referred incorrectly to the history of original series on its network, AMC. “Mad Men” is AMC’s first scripted drama series; the show is not AMC’s maiden voyage in original programming. (That occurred with “Remember WENN,” a comedy about a radio station that ran on the [...]
In the article “Alps are no go without snow” we said the measurement stations are between 200 and 1800 metres above snow level: that should have been above sea level. The study counted snow days, not snowfall; and the 60 per cent decline was for the Swiss plateau between Zurich, Bern and Basel, and not [...]
In our June 9 issue, we incorrectly reported that Jake Silbermann as Noah Mayer on As the World Turns recently exchanged daytime TV’s first gay kiss with costar Van Hansis. According to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the first gay kiss occurred in 2003, between two females, Bianca and Lena, on All My [...]
“Blog Books Go For Broke” (PERISCOPE, June 2) stated that a 2006 book by the creators of the DailyCandy Web site had sold approximately 11,000 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan. BookScan tracks only mainstream sales outlets and does not provide comprehensive industry figures; including sales through specialty outlets, the DailyCandy book has actually sold 44,337 [...]
The May 27 article “Schaffer May Testify at Sentencing” incorrectly stated that Bill Orr, accused of misusing funds from a 2002 earmark, had been found guilty at the time of publication. His trial had not yet concluded. Orr has since been convicted of 24 of 28 counts in the case.
Correction: In the May 2008 issue in the article “Washington’s Gay War” by Charles Kaiser a caption misidentified J. Edgar Hoover as Herbert Hoover. Out regrets the error.
Periscope’s May 19 “Dignity Index” incorrectly stated that Rep. Vito Fossella had resigned from Congress following his arrest on drunken-driving charges and revelations of marital infidelity. In fact, Fossella remains in office. Link
The map on page 101 misplaced Albuquerque, New Mexico, and omitted Santa Fe. Ponderosa pine seeds were incorrectly described as wingless on page 102; they do have small wings.
And:
The birds flying across the map of Japan on Page 140 are whooping cranes, native only to North America.
Thanks, Jim!
The May 19 article “Campaign Work Pays Off for Aides” incorrectly reported that David Wade, communications director for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), had paid back money to the campaign after being “alerted by Roll Call” to the possibility that he earned more outside income than he was allowed. In fact, Wade had been alerted to [...]
A report from the Mainichi Daily News:
The publisher of the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho has apologized after it ran a special on the alleged fatal beating of a junior sumo wrestler last year containing a photo of a wrestler who was not involved in the incident.
Officials from Shinchosha Publishing Co. apologized to the wrestler [...]
Our apologies to Yianna Lambrou of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization for referring to her as “he”. Link
1. The article entitled ‘Millennials - The New Source of Young Talent” in the Winter issue contained the following errors:
* The word “Millennials” was misspelled on the cover and on pages 10-11…
In “John Deere’s Farm Team” (April 14), we misidentified the farmer photographed in Jalandhar, India. He is Sukhjit Singh Bhatti, not Jang Sangha. We regret the error.
In “The World According To John McCain” (April 7), NEWSWEEK described a meeting at the 2006 Munich security conference in which Sen. John McCain allegedly erupted at the German foreign minister, whom McCain thought was being insufficiently tough on the brutal regime in Belarus. There are, however, conflicting versions of the episode, and we should [...]
The London Times has a laugh at the expense of Loaded magazine:
Apology of the month comes from Loaded, the little boys’ magazine, which somehow persuaded itself that Heinz once supplied the Nazi regime with a version of alphabet spaghetti consisting of tiny swastikas. This is an urban myth. “We now accept that Heinz has never [...]
IN “WALK SOFTLY AND CARRY a Big Checkbook” (Feb. 18) we reported that GroupM CEO Irwin Gotlieb dropped out of high school. In fact, he graduated from the Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan, in June 1965. Link to uncorrected story
In the feature, “The 10 Hottest Couples” (Feb. 2008), EBONY ran an image of Russell Simmons in which he was dressed in a Halloween costume–as an ’80s rapper. The picture was presented out of context, in a story about relationships in which the magazine was celebrating his and his family’s ability to navigate children and [...]
February 22, 2008 – 8:00 am
In “The Wrong Experience” (Feb. 11), Fareed Zakaria wrote that Hillary Clinton “won’t say” whether she supports an initiative, proposed by Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn, to reduce America’s nuclear arsenal. In fact, Senator Clinton has supported the initiative.
And:
Periscope’s Feb. 11 election quiz, “Which of Us Just Ran for President?” incorrectly [...]
February 18, 2008 – 8:00 am
The UK Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment found no excess cancers within 25 kilometres of nuclear plants. Because of an editing mistake, our story “Nuke-plant leukaemia link?” conveyed exactly the opposite. Link
