Hazel Court obituary: The obituary of actress Hazel Court in Thursday’s California section misspelled poet Edgar Allan Poe’s middle name as Allen. Link
Follow the trail here.
In “John Deere’s Farm Team” (April 14), we misidentified the farmer photographed in Jalandhar, India. He is Sukhjit Singh Bhatti, not Jang Sangha. We regret the error.
An article on April 4 about a disclosure by Speaker Christine C. Quinn that the New York City Council had been appropriating city funds to nonexistent organizations misspelled, in some editions, the surname of a top finance staffer for Ms. Quinn who has since left her office. And a correction in this space on April [...]
April 18, 2008 – 12:59 pm
In an April 16 story about DC-9 airplanes, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the director of technical programs at the Washington-based Flight Safety Foundation. He is Jim Burin, not Durbin.
The story also misspelled the name of the airplane manufacturer. It is McDonnell Douglas Corp., not McConnell.
The story incorrectly reported the date that [...]
Edgar Allan Poe is the writer of sinister tales, rather than Edgar Allen Poe (Art of darkness, page 12, Review, April 5). Link
Many, many more cataloged here.
UPDATE April 13: Add the New York Times to the list:
An article last Sunday about the Greenwich Village real estate investor William Gottlieb misspelled the middle name of a [...]
Freudian slip, slop, slap: Ironman Tim Peach is certainly a beach boy, but Beach is certainly not his surname (Partying swimmers warned over raunchy web photos, page 3, April 3).
In an April 2 story about the settlement of a lawsuit by a Jewish former inmate against the state Corrections Department, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of a Florida-based group that provides Jewish food and religious items to people in prisons and other institutions. It is the Aleph Institute, not the Adelph Institute. [...]
‘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
An article last Friday about the difference between the Dalai Lama’s stance on Tibet and the more aggressive position of some of the younger exiles misstated his followers’ beliefs about his reincarnation. They regard the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion — not the Buddha himself. The article also referred [...]
From earlier this month:
The Books of The Times review in Weekend on Friday, about “Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of ‘Energy Independence,’ ” misstated the author’s surname at several points, and a description of an online excerpt from the book misstated his surname as well. As the review noted elsewhere, he is Robert [...]
Barbara Dignoti of East Windsor* was shown in a photograph on Page B1 Sunday as she watched the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hartford on Saturday. The caption misspelled her last name as Pignoti. Link
Correction March 19: The words “East Windsor” were initially left out of this post. Thanks Naila, Patrick and Aldous!
Martinez column: In Monday’s California section, Al Martinez said that Stephen Glass “must hold some kind of record for writing 23 pieces for Nation magazine that contained partial or total lies.” Glass wrote for the New Republic. Link
Previous example here.
February 29, 2008 – 8:00 am
CBS sitcoms: In some copies of Wednesday’s Calendar section, an article about the shows “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” said Joel Murray, a director of “Big Bang,” is the son of the actor Bill Murray. He is his brother. Also, a caption accompanying the article misspelled the name of the [...]
February 27, 2008 – 8:00 am
A headline in some editions of The Arts on Monday with an article about the Academy Awards ceremony misstated, in some copies, the title of the film that won best picture. It is, of course, “No Country for Old Men,” not “Old Country for Old Men.” Link
February 25, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article in Feb. 18 editions repeated charges made by Republican candidate for Congress Dean Hrbacek that a law firm, Williams & Jensen, had ties to Jack Abramoff. The article also cited reports that the firm’s managing partner, L. Steven Hart, traveled with a group of government officials and lobbyists to Scotland to play golf. [...]
February 12, 2008 – 8:00 am
It was Vivian Fuchs who crossed the Antarctic in 1958, not Klaus Fuchs as we said (The events we choose to mark tell us who we are, page 34, February 9). Klaus Fuchs was the nuclear physicist jailed for espionage in 1950. Link
February 5, 2008 – 8:00 am
In a story Saturday on Page 1B, the name of former Miami Herald Executive Editor John McMullan was misspelled. Link
February 4, 2008 – 8:00 am
A story on the front of Saturday’s City & State section incorrectly identified a Salisbury lawyer cited for contempt of court for reading Maxim magazine in Rowan County District Court. His name is Todd Paris, not Todd Bird. Link
February 4, 2008 – 8:00 am
Also last week, in “An opening night bash to Thai for”, we complimented Jonathan Roxmouth on his beautiful voice. Unfortunately, we called him Jonathan Frogmouth. We apologise for the error.
And:
We apologise to Kate Moss for any distress caused by our article last week regarding alleged events at her birthday party at the Dorchester Hotel in [...]
January 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
Miscellany: ‘Whatever happened to the BMW booty?’ (News, last week) described those who salvaged cargo from the grounded MSC Napoli as ‘wreckers’. Wreckers lured vessels ashore before murdering their crews and plundering the cargo; clearly not the case here. ‘Although the government remains reticent to discuss …’ Reluctant, not reticent; ‘The truth is out: X-files [...]
January 21, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article in yesterday’s editions of The Sun about NASA’s Messenger mission to Mercury quoted University of Arizona scientist Bob Strom describing an emotional “Hillary moment” when he saw new pictures from the planet. In editing, the reference was made to say a “Sir Edmund” Hillary moment. Strom was referring to Hillary Clinton. Link
Correction: This [...]
January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am
Correction: Because the subject of an interview provided misleading information, a man quoted in a Page One story Tuesday about employees who telecommuted during Monday’s snowstorm was incorrectly identified as Heywood James, 41, of Needham, and an employee of Fidelity Investments. Fidelity has no employee by that name. Link
At least it wasn’t Heywood Jablome.
January 15, 2008 – 8:00 am
An article on Dec. 14 about misconceptions about Mormonism misspelled the given name of Hitler, whom an expert of Mormon theology referred to in explaining why Mormons do not believe Jesus and Satan are brothers. He was Adolf, not Adolph. Link
January 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
A column of voter quotes in Wednesday’s Observer misspelled Barack Obama’s name. Link
January 9, 2008 – 8:00 am
A BRIEF letter from Darren Hill, of Hallett Cove, in The Advertiser on Monday, because of an editing error, contained the word “Australian” instead of “Austrian”. The letter should have read: “Daniel Ashdown (The Advertiser, 2/1/08) thinks Osama bin Laden must have charisma. I suggest he pick up a history book and read about a [...]
