In a May 21 ”Slatest” item, Jessica Loudis mistakenly cited a New Scientist article as saying that male bats that performed fellatio on each other before copulation. The article stated that female bats perform fellatio on male bats during copulation. Link Report an error
In the April 29 “Culturebox,” Jonah Weiner originally stated that Moses was rendered as a giant glowing dreidel. Moses was depicted as the Master Control Program from the film Tron. Who sort of looks like a giant glowing dreidel. Link Report an error
In an item in the April 21 “Slatest,” Nicholas Jackson misquoted a CNN article, stating that the new $100 bill includes an embedded “security threat.” It includes an embedded security thread. Link Report an error
Due to a typographical error, an April 19 ”Climate Desk” erroneously stated that a company’s revenues were boosted by more than $500 million. The correct figure is $600,000. Link Report an error
In the Feb. 18, “Movies,” Dana Stevens incorrectly identified actor Elias Koteas as Robert DeNiro. She also incorrectly identified producer Val Lewton as a director. Link Report an error
Have Coffee Will Write spotted this unfortunate headline typo on Slate’s section, The Slatest: Thanks, Mary! Report an error
In the Jan. 26 “Human Nature” on the importance of computers, William Saletan noted that in the week after Haiti’s earthquake, a campaign for $10 text-message donations to the Red Cross raised $25 million. Relying on his own brain, Saletan then calculated the number of responses as 250,000. He should have used a computer. The correct [...]
In the Jan. 17 “Fighting Words,” Christopher Hitchens incorrectly asserted that San Francisco had not been hit by an earthquake since 1906. Link Report an error
In the Nov. 6 “Slatest,” Daniel Politi mistakenly stated that the “son of Trevor Gretzy” was on the football team of Oaks Christian High. Trevor Gretzky is on the team, and he is the son of Wayne Gretzky. Link Report an error
In 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 Report an error
I placed a link to this remarkable Slate story on the What I’m Reading sidebar on this site last week. Now the New York Daily News has finally responded to the evidence uncovered by Slate. The News published this correction on Friday: AN AUG. 23 Daily News story by a freelance reporter about the hip-hop [...]
An Aug. 14 "Jurisprudence" mentioned a detainee at Guantanamo Bay named Mohammed Jawad. A photograph of a different man, named Mohammed Jawad Amjad, originally accompanied the article. The photograph was removed. Link Report an error
In the Aug. 7 installment of "The End of America," Josh Levin originally stated that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that Jesus will be resurrected to rule on American soil. The LDS Church believes he will return, not be resurrected. In addition, the church believes that Jesus will also reign in [...]
In the June 29 " Books " column, Johann Hari originally included two phrases that could have given the incorrect impression that Richard Bernstein has attended, or approves of, brothels where women are coerced. This was not Hari’s intention or Slate’s. We have amended these sentences to clarify that Bernstein does not approve of forced [...]
In the July 15 "Movies," Dana Stevens misidentified Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as the ante-antepenultimate movie in the Harry Potter series. It is the antepenultimate movie. Link Report an error
In the April 28 “Explainer,” Juliet Lapidos wrote that the demand for doctors in 2020 will be many tens of thousands less than we’ll have. She meant “more.” Link Report an error
In an April 7 “XX Factor” post, E.J. Graff originally wrote that she wanted to run up to Burlington, Vt., to kiss every legislator who voted in favor of gay marriage. Vermont legislators work out of the state capital, Montpelier. Link Report an error
In the Feb. 16 “Television,” Colin Fleming originally misidentified one of the Top Gearhosts who was knocking out his car windows in a segment of the show. He also stated that no one knows the identity of the character Stig, but his name was revealed by a British newspaper in January. He also misstated the cost of [...]
In a Jan. 26 “Sports Nut,” Charles P. Pierce originally referred to the Eternal Word Television Network’s “late Mother Angelica.” While she no longer makes live appearances on the air due to her ill health, Mother Angelica is still living. Link Report an error
In the Dec. 8 “Technology,” Farhad Manjoo originally criticized SnapTell’s iPhone application for failing to recognize products like a bag of Cheez-Its and a bottle of Arm & Hammer laundry detergent. The SnapTell application is designed to identify only books, CDs, DVDs, and video games. Link Report an error
In the Sept. 29 “Science,” Daniel Engber described a scene in Californication in which David Duchovny’s character performs cunnilingus on an underage girl whom he’d taken to be his wife. The girl’s exact age was never stated, and he mistook her for his girlfriend. Link Report an error
Due to a copy-editing error, the Sept. 16 “Ad Report Card” misquoted a line from the trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Porno. In the trailer, Rogen’s character says he would like to watch “a tape of Rosie O’Donnell getting fucked stupid.” Link Report an error
In the Sept. 16 “Music Box,” Jody Rosen originally misspelled the name of Nicolas Sarkozy as Nicholas Sarkozy. The article also makes a playful, sarcastic reference to Sarkozy being “13 years older and 13 inches shorter than his new wife.” According to their published heights, Sarkozy is 10.16 centimeters shorter than Carla Bruni. Link Report [...]
In the Aug. 14 “Green Room,” Etienne Benson mistakenly described a snow leopard as prowling “through the jungle.” Snow leopards do not live in jungles. Link Report an error
In the July 30 “Moneybox,” Daniel Gross included a significant numerical error. The piece linked to a Bureau of Transportation Statistics report, which can be seen here, that shows public construction spending on roads and highways in monthly totals. That Census Bureau reports the data as monthly totals expressed at an annualized rate. Because we [...]
