Tag Archives: naming errors

Know your newspapers

latimesNewspaper circulation: An article in Business on Tuesday about newspaper circulation said the Oakland Tribune reported a 7.3% gain in circulation to 68,067. Those results were actually reported by the Oakland Press, in Oakland, Mich. The California paper reported a 0.3% gain in subscribers to 92,794. Link

Creative correction

ArkansasMake sure to double-check the numbers, the editor said. Okay, we said. Make sure to double-check the address, the editor said. Okay, we said. What a pest. The guy has this hang-up with accuracy. But we did double-check the numbers and address for the Haven of Rest Cemetery and did indeed get them right in Monday’s editorial.
And promptly misspelled the name of the chairman of the Friends of Haven of Rest cemetery’s board of directors. His name is B.J. McCoy, not B.J. McKay.
We apologize.
But our error does give us another reason to mention the cemetery and its friends. They can both use all the help they can get.
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They don’t know Hugh he is

nytbanner1A report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Tuesday about a confrontation between a star of the Broadway play “A Steady Rain” and an audience member whose cellphone rang during a performance misstated the star’s surname at two points. As noted elsewhere in the report, he is Hugh Jackman, not Jackson. Link

The Correction!

latimes“The Informant!”: The movie listings in Sunday’s Calendar section referred to Steven Soderbergh’s film “The Informant!” as “The Imposter!” Link

That’s one strange lake

slateIn a Sept. 21 “Highbrow” column, Meghan O’Rourke stated that the Munchkins live in the northern portion of Oz. They live in the east. She also referred to the canal linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as the Eerie Canal. It’s the Erie Canal. Link

Victim, killer… whatever

daytonaIn two instances in a story Tuesday, victim Rose Crank’s name was inserted where Karen Blosser’s should have been. The story should have stated that Blosser, who was convicted of killing Crank, broke into Crank’s home. And Crank’s daughter said she was pleased Blosser will never walk free. Link

Okay, we forgive you

In our story titled ‘Sri Vajiraramaya, Bambalapitiya declared sacred site’ published on Monday, September 7, 2009 the name of the founder of Vajiraramaya has been misspelt twice.

The correct name is Most Ven. Palene Vajiragnana Nayake Thera. We regret the error.

Check your head

latimesRobert Rodriguez: An article in Sunday’s Calendar about director Robert Rodriguez misidentified his short film "Bedhead" as "Deadhead." Link

Best of luck with recruiting…

thejusticeThe original article provided the incorrect location of New York University’s new institution. It is in Abu Dhabi, not Abu Ghraib. Link

The Justice is a student newspaper at Brandeis University.

Thanks, Christopher!

A less than ideal sendoff

In the Summer 2009 issue of Science Activities (Volume 46, Number 2), our late executive editor was remembered as John McClure. The correct spelling of his name is John McLure. We regret the error and extend our sympathy to Dr. McLure’s family.

Read the signs!

chictribThe Chicago Tribune published a slideshow of photos from Lollapalooza. And someone managed to mangle the name of a band that was shown… holding up signs bearing its name:

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It’s been fixed.

The image is courtesy of The Hood Internet’s Twitter feed.

Thanks, Julia!

This is the correction you could be saving by switching to Geico

latimesMichael Douglas: In a June 20 Op-Ed on Michael Douglas’ lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute, the name of his character in "Wall Street" was misspelled. It is Gordon Gekko, not Gordon Gecko. Link

How to make a pastor curse your paper

I can’t vouch for when this appeared in the Argus Observer, but it appears to be a legit scan of a correction:

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Thanks, David and Criggo.com!

All late night shows are alike

nytbanner1The Night Out column last Sunday, about the actress Betty White, misstated the name of the television show on which she played beer pong with the host. It was “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” not “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Link

Wrong Ray

nytbanner1A brief report in the Inside the List column last Sunday about the crime writer Michael Connelly misstated the history of an apartment he once rented as a studio. It was used in the making of the 1973 film version of Raymond Chandler’s “Long Goodbye.” It was not the former apartment of Raymond Carver. Link

Madness, not magic

latimesH.P. Lovecraft: In today’s Calendar compilation of 10 people Hollywood is talking about, the item on H.P. Lovecraft refers to his tale "At the Mountains of Madness" as "At the Mountains of Magic." Link

Japanese TV station misidentifies man as son of Kim Jong Il

A report in the Los Angeles Times:

The photograph was considered a journalistic coup, a recent image of the elusive 26-year-old son of North Korean strongman Kim Jong Il, who has reportedly been named the next leader of the secretive state.

The Internet snapshot released by a Tokyo television station purportedly showed an adult Kim Jong Un — whose last known photo was taken at age 12 — as a spitting image of his notorious father, right down to the moon face, coiffed hair and oversize sunglasses.

Trouble was, it wasn’t the younger Kim at all, but a pudgy 40-year-old South Korean construction worker who also operates a website for fortunetellers. He says he is baffled as to how the Japanese got hold of his Internet image.

"I’m speechless," Bae Seok-bum told South Korea’s Yonhap news service. "I only uploaded the picture to share with the members of my community how similar my face was to that of Kim Jong Il. I didn’t think it would go this far."

The photo has quickly become an Internet sensation in Japan, South Korea and even China, dispersed via e-mail by amateur North Korea watchers…

And from the New York Times:

An article on Tuesday about the difficulties faced by the Obama administration in seeking the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea, which is undergoing a succession struggle, misspelled the given name of the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, the North’s leader. The son, who analysts believe has been passed over to succeed his father, is Kim Jong-nam, not Kim Young-nam. Link

Check that bird

Deadspin was sent this image (click for larger):

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The Belmont winner was in fact Summer Bird.

Misspelled more than 100 times

nytbanner1A report by The Associated Press in the National Briefing column on Jan. 6 about the resignation of Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, from three corporate boards misspelled part of the name of one of the companies. It is Procter & Gamble, not Proctor & Gamble. A reader pointed out the error in an e-mail message on Monday, and also correctly noted that The Times has misspelled the name more than 100 times. (This is the second correction.) Link

NPR kills South Korean president

npr2We incorrectly said that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had killed himself. It was actually former President Roh Moo-hyun who committed suicide. Link

To correct what no man has corrected before: the Star Trek film corrections

guardianYesterday’s rave review of the new Star Trek film referred to the “hateful Klingon Nero” (Take it to the bridge, page 9, Film & Music). Numerous readers got in touch to say how very wrong this was. Here is an excerpt from one of the emails that corrected us in a stern yet graceful way: “Dear Guardian-shaped people, Uber-bad-guy (and part time CD burner) Nero is not a Klingon, he is a Romulan. I’m not normally picky about this sort of thing (which is, as you can probably tell, a complete lie) but he is referred to as a Romulan about a dozen or more times in the film, aside from the obvious giveaways like the lack of speaking in Klingon, and the absence of lumps on his forehead. Hope that helps.” ( Column editor’s note : apparently there are, disappointingly, no Klingons at all in this film. There is speculation that Romulan facility in time-travel is very useful not only to Romulans, but also to the sequel franchise . . . ). Link

washpost4A photo caption in the May 8 Weekend section gave the wrong title of the new movie featuring Zachary Quinto as Spock. The title of the movie is “Star Trek.” Link

latimes“Star Trek”: The review of the new “Star Trek” film in Thursday’s Calendar section identified the character played by Eric Bana as Captain Nemo. The name is Captain Nero. Link

postdispatchThe Star Trek guide in today’s GO! section incorrectly names the first episode to air. “The Man Trap” was the first episode. Early production deadlines prevented fixing the error in time for publication. Link

Never heard of it

globemailThe Beatles recorded The White Album. Due to an editing error, incorrect information appeared Saturday. Link

Thanks, Doug!

Wrong name, wrong person

peoplemagazine In our April 20 issue, Erin Maxwell was misidentified as “Ashley Butts” in a photo caption. In the photo Erin Maxwell is hugging Abby Butts. We regret the error.

Mix and match

Our story about the cannonball being found at Morven (April 18) had a rather large hiccup in it. Unfortunately and unwittingly, we referred to Murray and Jeffrey Bruce as Bruce and Jeffrey Murray.

Clown, not crown

washpost4The Sept. 26, 2008, obituary of Mickey Vernon mistakenly called Max Patkin the “Crown Prince” of baseball. He was known as baseball’s “Clown Prince.” Link