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Craig Silverman — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:00:44 +0000

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!

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Craig Silverman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:54 +0000

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 least one, Bernadette Carey, a reporter in society news, preceded her. Link

Previous correction.

UPDATED: The one in the picturesque hat

Craig Silverman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:29 +0000

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 in fact, as the picture showed, she was wielding the oars, propelling the boat rather than steering it. The steering would have been entrusted to one of the women in the bow of the boat, possibly the one in the picturesque hat. Link

A follow-up correction:

More jolly boating: the caption to a photograph in G2 (Say cheese!, page 6, July 29) showed the Labour politician Clement Attlee and his wife Violet on holiday in 1938. They were in a boat, and the caption said it was “a nice touch” to see her at the helm. A correction in this column on July 31 said that since she was rowing rather than steering she was not “at the helm” and the steering appeared to be in the hands of one of two women in the bow of the boat. These two women were in fact in the stern, not the bow. It has also been pointed out that boats of this kind frequently had no rudder, so perhaps Violet Attlee was, after all, steering simply by using the oars. Link

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Craig Silverman — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:10 +0000

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 “five times as likely”. Link

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Craig Silverman — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:33 +0000

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, page 36, July 18). Link

Wrong about being wrong

Craig Silverman — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:10 +0000

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 early 1960s, after leaving the vice presidency. He later lived in a townhouse on East 65th Street. Link

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Craig Silverman — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:44 +0000

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 show on two Sirius channels. The show also runs on NPR member stations. Link

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Craig Silverman — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:53 +0000

‘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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Craig Silverman — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:00:53 +0000

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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Craig Silverman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:00:56 +0000

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 Island.

Thanks, Greg!

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Craig Silverman — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:47 +0000

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

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

Craig Silverman — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:21 +0000

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 â€œprebateâ€ determined only by their family size (not by their income, as we suggested). The size of the prebate would be set so as to ensure that a family at the poverty level which spent all its income would end up paying no net federal tax at all. There are plenty of good reasons to oppose this plan, but none to misrepresent it. Our apologies. Link

Previous correction here.

All wrong

Craig Silverman — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00:18 +0000

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