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Correction to correction

May 12, 2008 – 8:00 am

In the May 6 “Medical Examiner,” Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer correctly stated that the radio show The Infinite Mind runs on NPR. Slate, however, posted a correction stating that this fact was wrong. We now understand from NPR’s ombudsman, Alicia Shepherd, that NPR has a contractual relationship with The Infinite Mind to run the [...]

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Correction to correction

April 2, 2008 – 8:00 am

‘New Andean Songs’: A review of “New Andean Songs” in Thursday’s Calendar section misspelled the first name of composer Gabriela Lena Frank as Gabriella. It was similarly misspelled in a correction that ran Friday regarding another name in the review. Link

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Try, try again

January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

A caption accompanying a photo of Chelsea Clinton on Monday misidentified the girl with whom she was talking, and a correction on Tuesday misspelled her name. The girl was ReNeen Williams. LinkThanks, Mad Dog!

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Try, try again

January 14, 2008 – 8:00 am

A Jan. 9 story about the death of first nations fisherman Pat Alfred incorrectly indicated that Alert Bay is on northern Vancouver Island. It is on Malcolm Island, off northern Vancouver Island.
Followed by:
A Jan. 10 (sic) Setting it straight about the location of Alert Bay was incorrect. Alert Bay is on Cormorant Island, not Malcolm [...]

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Correction to correction

January 8, 2008 – 8:00 am

A Setting it Straight item on the back page of Sunday’s A section incorrectly stated that a photo of the Patriot Guard Riders saluting Senior Airman Nick Eischen’s casket appeared Friday. The photo ran in Saturday’s paper. Link

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“There are plenty of good reasons to oppose this plan, but none to misrepresent it.”

December 10, 2007 – 8:00 am

Embarrassingly, we have now failed twice to describe accurately the Fair Tax plan endorsed by Mike Huckabee. This would abolish all federal income and payroll-based taxes and replace them with a national sales tax of 23%. To ease the pain of higher prices, all Americans, even Bill Gates, would receive an annual “prebate” determined only [...]

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All wrong

December 7, 2007 – 8:00 am

UCLA football player: The USC-UCLA notebook in Sunday’s sports section referred to a Bruins tackle by the wrong first name, and misspelled his last name. Brian Abraham was referred to as Ben Abrahams; an item in Wednesday’s “For the record” corrected only his first name. Link

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