Regret the Error » lincoln journal star

Whose quote is it, anyway?

Craig Silverman — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:00:29 +0000

Paul Olson, president of the Nebraskans for Peace board, said immigration is an issue for Christians. He also said Nebraska is becoming a racist state that needs to interact with people of color. His quotes were incorrectly attributed to the Rev. Chuck Bentjen on Page B1 in Monday's Journal Star. Bentjen, director of Manna and Mercy Center for Faith in Public Life in Beatrice, said the immigration issue is complex and that conversations about it often are intense and divisive.

The lunar module corrections

Craig Silverman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:00:55 +0000

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 for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Also, Marshburn’s name was misspelled in a caption.

A photo caption incorrectly identified the astronauts meeting with President Obama. They were from left Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong.

Michael Collins stayed aboard the command module in orbit around the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and walked on the moon. An story on Page C1 of Sunday’s Journal Star incorrectly stated Collins’ role in the first moonwalk 40 years ago.

A story on Monday’s Page A6 about UW-Madison research on moon rocks correctly noted that Harrison "Jack" Schmitt was the last man to set foot on the moon. Schmitt followed fellow astronaut Eugene "Gene" Cernan onto the surface during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. When the pair left, however, Schmitt stepped onto the Apollo Lunar Module first, making Cernan the last man to leave the moon.

An article on Tuesday about people who believe that the Moon landing was a hoax referred incorrectly to a picture in a feature on the Lens blog at nytimes.com. As correctly noted in the feature, ”Dateline: Space,” the photograph of an astronaut standing on the surface of the Moon shows Buzz Aldrin — not Neil Armstrong. (Mr. Armstrong took the picture.)

And, of course, there are also these two related corrections from the Times.

A case of the nots

Craig Silverman — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:29 +0000

In Thursday’s 24 hours, Coun. Alex Cullen was quoted as saying the costs of the transit tunnel were “now being lowballed.” The quote should have read “not being lowballed.” 24 hours regrets the error.

The word “not” was inadvertently omitted from a photo caption accompanying a story about dairy farming on Page A1 in Thursday’s Journal Star. The caption should have read: “Despite a dairy industry buyout, Vern Jantzen is not ready to stop dairy farming.”