An obituary on Wednesday about Ralph D. Albertazzie, the pilot of Air Force One during the Nixon administration, referred imprecisely to one mission he flew. In July 1971 he flew Henry A. Kissinger to Pakistan and another pilot secretly flew Mr. Kissinger on another plane from there to China, where he discussed plans for President [...]
An article on Sunday about economic policy discussions within the Obama administration omitted, in some copies, the word ”only” from a quotation by Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director. In noting that the administration does not see deficits and jobs as an either-or choice, Mr. Pfeiffer said that ”it would be political folly to [...]
An Opinion article last Sunday about the increasing prevalence of droughts incorrectly described El Paso’s use of recycled sewage. The city uses recycled sewage for irrigation, construction and manufacturing and releases a small percentage of the sewage into a local aquifer, where it eventually mixes with groundwater and, after several years, is pumped and treated [...]
It is hard to describe the interview that took place on KQED’s Forum show on May 25, 2011, as anything other than a train wreck. Osama bin Laden was dead, and Frank Lindh — father of John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" — had been invited on to discuss a New York Times op-ed piece [...]
A report in the Nocturnalist column on Saturday misidentified the material used to create a puppet of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that made an appearance at an exhibition of Jim Henson’s work at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. Muppets, in general, are made of fleece, foam, fake fur and fabric. A spokeswoman [...]
A chart in some editions last Sunday about selections for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game mistakenly traded Alex Rodriguez. He has not left the Yankees for the Phillies. Link Report an error
An article on Tuesday about the testy tone surrounding negotiations between President Obama and Congressional leaders on the budget deficit quoted incorrectly from comments the president made at a news conference before meeting with the leaders. Referring to the need for Republicans and Democrats to compromise, Mr. Obama said both parties needed to “eat our [...]
The New York Times has a new online corrections page. For several years the page (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/corrections/index.html) was updated to show only that day’s corrections. Now it links to the seven most recent days of corrections: It also has a list of recently corrected articles: Both these things are improvements. The links to recent days of [...]
The cover article on June 19 about a married couple returning to Provence 40 years after their honeymoon there misstated the circumstances of the car crash in which Albert Camus died in 1960. Camus was not driving the car “home” to Provence from Paris. He was in the front passenger seat, and the car was [...]
An analysis article on April 12 about the first-round playoff series of the National Hockey League erroneously attributed a distinction to the New York Rangers’ coach, John Tortorella, who was suspended for a playoff game two years ago after he squirted water on a Capitals fan. He was not the first N.H.L. coach suspended in [...]
An opinion article on June 26 about the path the Obama administration should take in withdrawing from Afghanistan incorrectly described the end of Richard M. Nixon’s presidency. He resigned; he was not impeached. Link Report an error
New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane dedicated his most recent column to the issue of scrubbing and of version control. Specifically, he looks at a few examples where changes were made to reporting without the alterations being noted. In some cases, older versions of stories were disappeared from the Times website. I’ve written about [...]
Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about the New York Public Library’s acquisition of the archive of Timothy Leary misstated the amount the library paid the Leary estate for the collection. It was $900,000, not “$900,00.” Link Report an error
An article on June 5 about the riot grrrl musical movement and its legacy misidentified the original song containing the lyrics “boy girl revolution.” It was “Her Jazz” by Huggy Bear, not one by Kathleen Hanna, who was in the band Bikini Kill. The article also misidentified the singer who first performed the song “I [...]
… what happened Tuesday when stories started to come out of Liberty County, Texas, about "dozens" of bodies supposedly being found at a home is worth noting. It underscores again how we in the news media need to remind ourselves sometimes to slow down and let the facts become more clear before we rush to [...]
A Sports of The Times column on June 3 about the traditional matchup in this year’s Stanley Cup finals, between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins, misstated the type of vandalism that occurred in Montreal after the Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings to win the Stanley Cup in 1993. Fires were set and [...]
The On Soccer column on May 26, about charges of corruption within FIFA, soccer’s international ruling body, misstated the year for which Qatar has been awarded the rights to hold the World Cup. It is 2022, not 2002. Link Report an error
An obituary on Tuesday about the songwriter and filmmaker Joseph Brooks misstated Mr. Brooks’s role in the production of the movie “Eddie and the Cruisers.” He was a producer and musical adviser; he did not write the score, which was written by John Cafferty. (This error also appeared in an article about Mr. Brooks on [...]
An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the fashion Web site Fashism as Fascisms. Link Report an error
An obituary on Sunday about William Pennington, a pioneer in Nevada’s casino industry, misstated the date of his death. He died on Sunday, May 15 — not this Sunday. Link Report an error
A dance entry in the Listings pages in some editions on Friday about performances by students from the Ailey School scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday nights contained several errors. The title of the Robert Battle work to be performed is ”Channels,” not ”Concert Channels.” ”Revelations,” in which members from the junior company Ailey II will [...]
A picture caption on Tuesday with an article in some editions about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Gala misidentified a designer standing by the actress Penelope Cruz. He is Oscar de la Renta, not Giorgio Armani. Link Report an error
This New York Times correction from today is generating a lot of interest. Reddit users started things off and Gawker and Gothamist have also taken note. Behold: An item in the Extra Bases baseball notebook last Sunday misidentified, in some editions, the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R. A. [...]
An article on April 17 about the Niles Canyon railway stated incorrectly the type of oil the Niles Canyon train runs on. It is Bunker C oil, not bunker seed oil. Link Report an error
An article on Monday about sentiment among local officials and residents in Ossining, N.Y., in favor of closing the Sing Sing prison misstated the current occupation of Richard Wishnie, who said, ”They would never have built a maximum-security prison in a place like this today.” He is a lobbyist, not a Westchester County legislator. (Mr. [...]
