A correction on page 2 of Wednesday 's front section erroneously stated that a brief ("Ex-clerk pleads guilty in theft") was published in Monday's Hampton Roads section. It actually appeared in Tuesday's Hampton Roads section. Link Thanks, Scott! Report an error
An obituary on Sept. 23 about Nancy Hicks Maynard, a newspaper publisher and journalism educator, attributed an erroneous distinction to her, and a correction in this space on Sept. 25 repeated the error. She was one of the first black women to become a reporter at The New York Times, but not the first; at [...]
The caption to a photograph in G2 (Say cheese!, page 6, July 29) of the Labour politician Clement Attlee, who subsequently became prime minister, and his wife Violet on holiday in 1938, said it was “a nice touch” to have the wife at the helm. The phrase “at the helm” implied she was steering, whereas [...]
A recent leader comment (Putting a price on protection, page 28, July 28)said children in care were “five times less likely” to leave school without decent GCSEs. This column yesterday “corrected” that to “five times more likely”. Since the figures under discussion were 12% for children in care, and 59% overall, that should have been [...]
We misspelled the first name of the pianist and composer Thelonious Monk as Thelonius in a CD Review of Cecil Taylor’s Jazz Advance (page 10, Film& Music, July 11). We referred to a composition of Monk’s as Bemsha Monk; we meant Beshma Swing. Link Thelonious Monk wrote Bemsha Swing, not Beshma Swing (Corrections and clarifications, [...]
A review of Rick Perlstein’s “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” in the June 1 issue of Book World incorrectly reported that the book gives the wrong address for Richard Nixon’s former residence in New York. In fact, as “Nixonland” correctly states, Nixon lived in an apartment on Fifth Avenue [...]
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 [...]
‘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 Report an error
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! Report an error
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, [...]
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 Report an error
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 [...]
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 Report an error
