Lessons in geography etc.
The photo caption accompanying a front-page picture Thursday misplaced the city of Edinburgh. Although part of Great Britain, Edinburgh is in Scotland, not England. Link Report an error
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Fuzzy numbers etc.
A sentence in Kirk Wickersham's editorial page Compass column on Page A-7 Tuesday about U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's idea of cutting federal spending should have read: "This is a 95 percent reduction from existing spending levels for all government programs and services except the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." A typographical error had the [...]
Not a gay rights group
An Alaska Digest item on Page A-4 Friday about the cause of a fire that destroyed a parade float incorrectly described the group Imperial Court of Alaska. It is not a gay rights group, but a charitable fundraising organization, according to a group spokesman. Link Report an error
Resurrection
A front-page story Tuesday about a vote on alcohol rules in Mountain Village incorrectly said Mary “Selma” Queenie’s husband would likely vote in the election. Queenie’s husband is dead and she was talking about how he might have voted on the issue. Link Report an error
Lose the word, lose the meaning
The word “not” was mistakenly left out of a sentence in the editorial on Page B-6 Sunday about a campaign contributions ballot initiative. The sentence should have read: “And the new summary spells out that the public-money lobbying ban includes school districts and local governments, so that school superintendent Carol Comeau, for example, might not [...]
Imagined horoscope corrections
Ah, fake corrections. The latest person to practice this art form is the former editorial page cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News. From his op-ed in the paper: … most journalists work hard to find the facts and publish the truth. And when they make a mistake, they try to correct the record. Which is [...]
Lessons in geography etc.
On Page B-1 Sunday in some editions, a photo cutline incorrectly identified the Dalai Lama as the spiritual leader of Nepal. The exiled spiritual leader is from Tibet. Report an error
Salt in the wound
A story Aug. 17 on Page J-5 about a published biography of Dr. Vincent Hume incorrectly stated that Hume died on Christmas Day 1969. Hume actually died on Dec. 26, 1969. Also, the story stated that Hume’s widow, Myrtle Hume, is now remarried. Myrtle Hume remarried, but her second husband also died. Report an error
