In “No More Nosebleeds” (Health, March 2010), we said that those prone to frequent nosebleeds should consider a small amount of petroleum jelly inside the nostrils. We should have added that the suggestion is for occasional use. If used constantly, the jelly can in rare cases accumulate in the lungs and cause a potentially serious [...]
Due to an error in transcribing an audio recording of a roundtable, an incorrect quote was attributed to Claire Mackay, of Quantum Financial Services, in the February – March 2010 edition of Professional Planner. Mackay referred to “… planners who are putting their clients’ best interests first, who are not tied to product manufacturers …â€. [...]
Corrections In “A Woman’s Place Is in the Church,” we reported that Timothy Dolan is a cardinal. In fact, he is archbishop of New York. In “What Went Wrong,” we mistakenly credited the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI. The painter is Suan Seh Foo. And in “Cleaning Up Dirty Police in Russia,” we reported that [...]
In this column, “True North strong not free,†(April 12, 2010), quotes were attributed to the Canadian Jewish Congress that came from The Mississauga News. The CJC had posted the quotes on their website under the heading ‘Articles of Interest.’ Subsequent commentary and satire in the column was linked to those quotes. Maclean’s regrets any [...]
Few things in the world of magazines are the subject of as much lore as the New Yorker’s fact checking department. Many marvel over the magazine’s pedantic process for checking the facts in every article, caption, cartoon, poem and work of fiction. I dedicated a chapter of my book to fact checking, and recounted many [...]
If you were to indulge in a bit of stereotyping and imagine the country most likely to host a conference about the pedantic discipline of fact checking, you’d probably arrive on one likely location: Germany. And so it was that I spent the last weekend of March in Hamburg in the offices of the famous [...]
During my recent absence, there were a few notable incidents of plagiarism and fabrication. Here’s a quick round-up: Fabricated interviews. The New Yorker carried a trio of pieces about an Italian journalist caught fabricating a surprisingly large amount of interviews with famous writers. And a German magazine also admitted that it had published a fabricated [...]
We incorrectly used the word “homocentric” when what we meant was “male-centred” (27 February, p 36). Link Report an error
We lost our sense of proportion when stating how many people there are in the world without access to banking services who could benefit from mobile money technology. It is of course around a billion people, not a million as we stated (20 February, p 20). Report an error
Correction: An earlier version of this story posted online (and published in the April issue of Golf Digest) had two errors. We incorrectly reported that President Obama made a personal call to Tiger Woods to offer encouragement. Though the president commented publicly, that call never occurred. The story also stated that President Clinton called Woods [...]
Columbia Journalism Review today released a major report about magazine websites. (Disclosure: I write a weekly column for CJR, but had no involvement in this report.) You can read a brief intro and download the full PDF here. The report includes some interesting information about fact checking, copy editing and corrections. The results are mixed, [...]
In our story on Brazil’s economy (“Joining in the carnival spirit, February 13th), we quoted economists at Itaú, a bank, as arguing that the government would have to strip out 496 billion reais, or half its total discretionary spending, to meet its fiscal-surplus target. In fact they said 49 billion reais and a quarter of [...]
Corrections In “Chávez Is Losing His Grip,” we said that Venezuela’s population is 45 million, and that its inflation is 30 percent a month. In fact, Venezuela’s population is 29 million, and its inflation is 30 percent a year. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors. Link Report an error
In the original version of this story we said that 10 million Finns died under Lenin in the 1917 civil war. The correct figure is 37,000. We regret the error. Link The above is a hard-fought correction. The magazine, a Canadian weekly, initially published a letter pointing out the mistake, but declined to issue a [...]
We lamented that some skiers fail to pull a “chord” to inflate their avalanche airbag systems, a circumstance that could be explained by their being tone-deaf, we suppose (16 January, p 15). Link Report an error
An earlier version of this list entry was written by CNBC journalist David Faber and was solicited by Newsweek.com without accurately conveying to him the context in which it would appear. As a result, Faber, who was not shown the final edited item, appeared to be complicit in the criticism of a network colleague, which [...]
In our Dec. 7 issue we misspelled the name of reality TV star Olivia Palermo. Report an error
We described Lee Daniels’s new film, “Precious”, (“Escaping from hell”, November 21st) as a shoe-in for the Academy Awards. As any horse-racing fan will know, it should have been—and will be—a “shoo-in”. Also, William Trevor’s “Love and Summer” (December 5th) is a novel and not a collection. Link Report an error
In “Drill, Comrade, Drill” (Scope, Nov. 30), the Leading Indicator explains that China will account for 19.1 percent of the $2.4 billion global construction market by 2020. The value of the market should be $2.4 trillion. Also, in “Is the Coalition Still Willing?” (Back Story, Dec. 7), the map labeled Iraq depicts Iran. NEWSWEEK regrets [...]
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 Report an error
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 Report an error
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Report an error
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 [...]
