Editor’s Note; An earlier version of this story included a comment erroneously attributed to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, criticizing the White House’s efforts at political messaging. Newsweek and The Daily Beast regret the error. The above editor’s note was placed atop a piece by Howard Kurtz.The original version of his story included this quote [...]
Corrections In “A Woman’s Place Is in the Church,” we reported that Timothy Dolan is a cardinal. In fact, he is archbishop of New York. In “What Went Wrong,” we mistakenly credited the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI. The painter is Suan Seh Foo. And in “Cleaning Up Dirty Police in Russia,” we reported that [...]
Corrections In “Chávez Is Losing His Grip,” we said that Venezuela’s population is 45 million, and that its inflation is 30 percent a month. In fact, Venezuela’s population is 29 million, and its inflation is 30 percent a year. NEWSWEEK regrets the errors. Link Report an error
An earlier version of this list entry was written by CNBC journalist David Faber and was solicited by Newsweek.com without accurately conveying to him the context in which it would appear. As a result, Faber, who was not shown the final edited item, appeared to be complicit in the criticism of a network colleague, which [...]
In “Drill, Comrade, Drill” (Scope, Nov. 30), the Leading Indicator explains that China will account for 19.1 percent of the $2.4 billion global construction market by 2020. The value of the market should be $2.4 trillion. Also, in “Is the Coalition Still Willing?” (Back Story, Dec. 7), the map labeled Iraq depicts Iran. NEWSWEEK regrets [...]
In “Underqualified for the Overrated” we incorrectly said that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Stockholm. In fact, it is given in Oslo. We also said the Italian daily La Stampa is based in Rome. It’s based in Turin. NEWSWEEK REGRETS the errors. Link Report an error
The article “Beware of Big Ideas: Newly nervous post-Soviet states crack down on Western schools” (Aug. 10 & 17) contained several errors. The article stated that the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (known as KIMEP) recently laid off 30 professors. The correct number is 20. The article also stated that KIMEP spent [...]
A caption in the May 4 edition of Conventional Wisdom Watch misidentified the Supreme Court justice in the photograph. It was John Paul Stevens, not David Souter. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. Link Report an error
A quotation on the perspectives page in the April 13 edition of NEWSWEEK incorrectly attributed an expletive to Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, during his recent appearance on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” In fact, it was Stewart who uttered the swear word. We regret the error. Link Report [...]
In the March 30 issue, an item in the Conventional Wisdom Watch wrongly implied that Richard Holbrooke, the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan in President Obama’s State Department, bore some culpability for the $165 million in bonuses awarded recently to AIG executives for their work over the past year. Although Holbrooke was a member [...]
In “Joining the ‘Out’ Club” (BELIEFWATCH, June 16), we said that the evangelical pastor Rick Warren had announced he was welcoming a group of gay fathers to his church on Father’s Day. In fact, Warren did not announce the visit of a group of gay fathers to his Saddleback Church on Father’s Day, nor did [...]
“Blog Books Go For Broke” (PERISCOPE, June 2) stated that a 2006 book by the creators of the DailyCandy Web site had sold approximately 11,000 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan. BookScan tracks only mainstream sales outlets and does not provide comprehensive industry figures; including sales through specialty outlets, the DailyCandy book has actually sold 44,337 [...]
Periscope’s May 19 “Dignity Index” incorrectly stated that Rep. Vito Fossella had resigned from Congress following his arrest on drunken-driving charges and revelations of marital infidelity. In fact, Fossella remains in office. Link Report an error
In “The World According To John McCain” (April 7), NEWSWEEK described a meeting at the 2006 Munich security conference in which Sen. John McCain allegedly erupted at the German foreign minister, whom McCain thought was being insufficiently tough on the brutal regime in Belarus. There are, however, conflicting versions of the episode, and we should [...]
In “The Wrong Experience” (Feb. 11), Fareed Zakaria wrote that Hillary Clinton “won’t say” whether she supports an initiative, proposed by Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn, to reduce America’s nuclear arsenal. In fact, Senator Clinton has supported the initiative. And: Periscope’s Feb. 11 election quiz, “Which of Us Just Ran for [...]
The Dec. 31/Jan. 7 caption for a photo by Balazs Gardi accompanying the Periscope article “Alone, Afraid, in the Company of Men Dreaming of Death” incorrectly implied that the boy in the picture had been wounded by a Taliban suicide bomber. In fact, the child was injured by an airstrike from U.S. forces. NEWSWEEK regrets [...]
An item in the Periscope section of the Jan. 21 issue mischaracterized New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s use of the phrase “shuck and jive” as a direct reference to the political style of Sen. Barack Obama. In fact, Cuomo, a Hillary Clinton supporter, was speaking in broad terms about how candidates interact with voters [...]
Our obsessive cataloging of corrections occasionally enables us to spot a pattern. Whether it’s the failure of newspapers to identify someone they initially misidentified in a photo, or the inability of newspapers to accurately report on, well, newspapers, we sometimes feel as though we’re listening to a broken record. Such was the case when we [...]
