Posts Tagged ‘atlanta journal-constitution’

Bad for business

A Dec. 25 front-page story about commercial properties scheduled for foreclosure auctions had incorrect information. The Dunwoody Hall retail center in DeKalb County has not been foreclosed on and is not scheduled for foreclosure auction.  Report an error

The lunar module corrections

Neil Armstrong piloted the lunar module to the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969. A story in Sunday’s A-section named the wrong person. A story in Tuesday’s Observer about Statesville native Tom Marshburn’s first spacewalk misquoted the words of Neil Armstrong when he stepped onto the moon in 1969. Armstrong said: "That’s one small step [...]

The American Dream, abridged

The last line in the article on Page A1 Sunday, “Rewriting the American Dream” was cut off. The final paragraph is reprinted here. “Most people just want to find a job, work, save money and be happy,” Walle said. “But you find out, eventually, that you’re not really in control of anything. I could wake [...]

GOPers and the white country club

A front-page story in Saturday’s paper incorrectly stated that incumbent GOP Chairman Mike Duncan had “experience with a white country club.” Katon Dawson, a hopeful for the chair-manship, had been a member of an all-white country club, which was said earlier in the story. The story also should have said Michael Steele was a former [...]

Death by media

James Thrash, a funeral home owner, was incorrectly listed as deceased in the deaths/funerals list of Tuesday’s Metro section. Link  Report an error

Talk to a reporter, become an alcoholic

Bob Fredrick, a clinical social worker and therapist in Atlanta, is not a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. A story in the Sunday Living section had incorrect information, including a misspelling of his name.  Report an error

Everything old is new again

A news brief in Saturday’s Metro section about charges in an infant’s death was a report mistakenly reprinted from that date a year ago. Link  Report an error

Gov. Palin and the librarian

An article in Thursday’s national news section incorrectly represented the circumstances surrounding the departure of the Wasilla, Alaska, town librarian when Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was Wasilla’s mayor. Palin twice asked for and received letters of resignation from the librarian. Both times, she rehired the librarian, who later resigned on her own. Link [...]

Attention, diners*

Cafe Misto, a restaurant in Canton, is closed. It was listed in the July 3 Northwest section under Restaurants In Your Area. DaVinci’s, which was included in a roundup of pasta restaurants in the July 10, 2008, edition of Evening Edge, has closed. Hours for the restaurant Slice in Alpharetta were incorrect in the July [...]

Missing, not dead

The headline on a brief that appeared in some editions of Thursday’s Metro section should have described John and Liz Calvert as missing, not dead. Link  Report an error

Not a mastermind

In a photo caption in Thursday’s @issue section with a letter to the editor, Bennie Allen (who was pictured) was incorrectly described as the mastermind in the case involving the so-called Barbie Bandits. Michael Darrell Chastang, who received a 10 year prison sentence, was the actual mastermind. Allen received a five year sentence and five [...]

Waterboarding for kids

Army Gen. Russel Honore made his comments about torture tactics to a reporter Friday. Honore, who addressed the reporter after speaking to middle school students at Fayette County’s Flat Rock Middle School Friday, did not discuss this issue with the students. He addressed them about the importance of education and consistently making the right choices. [...]