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Cavalry, not calvary

August 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picayWord misspelled: In some Thursday editions, a headline above a group of photos showing members of the National Association of Buffalo Soldier and Troopers Motorcycle Clubs said "The calvary has arrived." It should have said "cavalry." Link

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Bad for business

August 3, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picayStudio not involved in bribery case: A story in Thursday’s editions detailed the sentencing of former state film official Mark Smith for bribery. The story was accompanied by a photo of the Louisiana Film Studios in Harahan. The studio was not involved in the case. Link

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Birth of a nation

April 9, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picayLetter sent to Congo: A story published Tuesday about the upcoming corruption trial of former Rep. William Jefferson incorrectly reported that the New Orleans Democrat had sent a letter to the “president of the Republic of Congress” in regard to a project Jefferson was promoting by the U.S. satellite company Worldspace. The letter was to the president of the Republic of Congo. Link

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Of bites and blasphemy

April 9, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picaySuspect gave wrong address: A story in Tuesday’s editions about Mario Vargas, who was arrested Saturday after being accused of taking a bite out of a Metairie man’s arm, listed Vargas’ address as 724 Camp St., New Orleans, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office arrest report. An official from St. Patrick’s Church, located at the address, said Vargas does not live there and has no ties to the church. Link

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So much better

March 19, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picayWrong host named: A story Tuesday about a Washington, D.C., campaign fundraiser for Gov. Bobby Jindal identified the wrong Chris Cox as one of the hosts. The Cox at the fundraiser is a principal with the lobbying and consulting firm Navigators Global and not the former California congressman and Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. Link

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

March 9, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picaySalary cap corrected: A story in Thursday’s sports section listed the 2009 NFL salary cap as $27 million. In fact, the salary cap is $127 million. Link

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Slightly different

January 30, 2009 – 8:00 am

times-picaySoccer story clarified: A story in Thursday’s Sports section said Jesuit midfielder Patrick Mullins always wanted to stick it to Brother Martin. In fact, after being asked whether Wednesday’s game was the kind he dreamed of, Mullins said: “Yeah, it was great. I couldn’t ask for more. We really wanted to show what we were made of.” Mullins scored two goals and had an assist in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 victory against Brother Martin on Wednesday. Link

Thanks, Dan!

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Times-Picayune apologizes for getting McCain’s abortion stance wrong in election day edition

November 6, 2008 – 8:00 am

To our Readers:
In Tuesday’s editions of The Times-Picayune, a graphic on page A-5 detailing the presidential candidates’ stands on various issues erroneously stated that Sen. John McCain favors abortion rights.
When we became aware of the error, we corrected it on our affiliated web site, NOLA.com.
It was a serious mistake, all the more so because it appeared on Election Day. We take full responsibility for it. I have spoken to and emailed dozens of readers who called and wrote, deeply and understandably upset with us. Some believed that the misstatement in the graphic was intentional. I assure you it was not. Others speculated that it might be connected in some way to the endorsement of Barack Obama by our editorial page. The staffers who produce our editorial page are separate from those who report and edit the news pages.
What happened in this case? The Associated Press sent us the graphic, with the correct positions attributed to Sen. McCain and Sen. Barack Obama. In the course of re-shaping the graphic to fit our page, we inadvertently transposed the candidates’ positions. For the record, Sen. McCain believes that the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade should be reversed and that the decision about abortion should be returned to the individual states.
The error should have been caught before it went to press. It wasn’t.
Again, we take responsibility for the error. It was not intentional, but it was deeply regrettable. To all of our readers: We value your loyalty to our newspaper and hope to earn it every day. Please accept our apology.
Sincerely,
Jim Amoss, editor Link

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Fuzzy numbers etc.

October 16, 2008 – 8:00 am

Election date corrected: A caption accompanying a story Tuesday about the U.S. Senate race incorrectly listed the date of the election. The race will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Link

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Naming names

June 19, 2008 – 8:00 am

Victim misidentified: In Tuesday’s editions, Andre White, who was killed in 1995, was misidentified as Andre Smith in a story about Juan Smith, who is awaiting execution in the murder. Link

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And that’s all we’re telling you

May 14, 2008 – 8:00 am

Man was not shot: A story Friday about a May 4 incident in LaPlace was incorrect. Norvel Lassere Jr. was not shot. Link

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Apology

March 24, 2008 – 8:00 am

A series of front-page photographs of local soldiers killed in Iraq, published Friday, mistakenly included a photo of Marine Cpl. Ted “T.J.” Cothran instead of a photo of his brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Derrick J. Cothran. Derrick Cothran was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2006. T.J. Cothran, while also serving in Iraq, was wounded by a similar device in April 2007 and survived. The newspaper regrets the error and apologizes to the Cothran family. Link

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Updated: Watch where you point that thing

February 15, 2008 – 8:00 am

Nagin photo clarified: A photo in some Metro sections Wednesday showed a laughing Mayor Ray Nagin pointing an M4 rifle at Chief of Police Warren Riley at a news conference to announce new crime-fighting equipment purchased by the New Orleans Police Department. A review of a video taken at the event shows that the mayor momentarily pointed the gun at the chief as he was lowering it but he did not deliberately point it at Riley. Link

Here’s the photo. The paper removed it from the story. Have a look here. UPDATE: The paper issued an apology:

A photo in some Metro sections Wednesday showed a laughing Mayor Ray Nagin pointing an M-4 rifle at Police Superintendent Warren Riley at a news conference to announce new crimefighting equipment purchased by the New Orleans Police Department.
A review of a video taken at the event shows that the camera captured a split second as the gun was being lowered that made it appear to be deliberately pointed at the chief. However, the mayor clearly did not deliberately point the gun at Riley.
The photo prompted two letters and a razz on the editorial page criticizing the mayor, which appeared in some Thursday editions.
After a review of the video Wednesday night, the razz and the letters were removed from Thursday’s later editions. Had editors seen the video earlier, the letters and the razz would not have been published.
The newspaper regrets the error and apologizes to the mayor. Link

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Pity the current residents

January 16, 2008 – 8:00 am

Wrong residence: Brandon K. Harris, who is wanted on a murder warrant, does not live at 4180 E. Ames Blvd. in Marrero, as reported Monday, a resident of that address said. Link

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Attention journalists everywhere: James Dobson is not a minister

May 19, 2006 – 8:01 am

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 spotted this correction in the Washington Post:

A May 14 article about Sen. John McCain’s speech at Liberty University incorrectly referred to the chairman of Focus on the Family as the Rev. James Dobson. Dobson is not an ordained minister.

We knew we’d read that one before. (The GetReligion blog also felt a sense of déjà vu.) So we fired up Nexis, did a search for “James Dobson and correction,” and were less than shocked to turn up more than 20 similar corrections going back to 1989. What publication ran that 1989 correction, you ask? The Washington Post. GetReligion also spotted two recent Newsweek corrections that we have included below. So here they are in all their glory: The James Dobson Is Not A Reverend/Minister/Evangelical Corrections. Bow your heads and pray we never see another one.

Roll Call
May 11, 2006
In the May 10 edition of “Heard on the Hill,” James Dobson of Focus on the Family was misidentified as a reverend. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in the field of child development.

The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 27, 2006
A headline April 20 with a story about the 70th birthday of Dr. James Dobson misidentified him as an evangelist. A child psychologist and best-selling author, he is the founder and chairman of Focus on Family, a nonprofit Christian ministry that helps families.

Newsweek
Feb. 20, 2006
In the Feb. 13 article “God’s Green Soldiers,” we incorrectly identified James Dobson as a reverend. He in fact has a Ph.D. in child psychology and goes by Dr. Dobson. Newsweek regrets the [error].

Wall Street Journal
November 5, 2005
Correction of Oct 28 page-one article; James Dobson is psychologist and chairman of Focus on the Family

Sun-Sentinel
August 17, 2005
A July 12 column by Michael Mayo on Page 1B of the Local section, about the Broward schools SpongeBob video controversy, contained two errors. Activist James Dobson is not a reverend, and Dobson did not assert that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is gay.

Newsweek
Aug. 8, 2005
In our Aug. 1 issue, a sidebar on lobbying groups (“A
User’s Guide to the Groups”) incorrect[ly] identifies James Dobson as a
reverend. He in fact has a Ph.D. in child psychology and goes by Dr.
Dobson. Newsweek regrets the error.

Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
August 6, 2005
Headline clarified: In a headline in Thursday’s editions, James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization that focuses on Christian values in the home, was called a minister. Although he runs a ministry, his degrees are in psychology as well as marriage and family counseling.

The Cincinnati Enquirer
June 10, 2005
Dr. James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, is a psychologist, author and radio broadcaster. A June 3 story on the 2nd Congressional District race misidentified him.

The Kansas City Star
March 9, 2005
An item in The Buzz on Sunday incorrectly referred to James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, as “the Rev. James Dobson.”

St. Petersburg Times
January 29, 2005
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson is a psychologist and a marriage, family and child counselor. A column Friday stated an incorrect profession.

The San Francisco Chronicle
October 3, 2004
Articles on March 14 and Sept. 19 erroneously used the title “the Rev.” for James Dobson, the founder of the Focus on the Family. Dobson is not ordained.

Slate Magazine
January 23, 2004
In a Jan. 19 Chatterbox column, Timothy Noah erroneously referred to the Rev. James Dobson. Dobson is actually a lay Ph.D. (in child development), not an ordained minister.

Chicago Tribune
September 4, 2003
In a story Friday on Page 8 of the main news section, James Dobson, head of the Colorado-based family advocacy group Focus on the Family was misidentified with the title “Rev.” and called an evangelist. He is neither an ordained minister nor an evangelist.

Austin American-Statesman
February 21, 2003
Page B1 of Sunday’s Metro & State section, a story about religious groups debating the issue of homosexuality misidentified James Dobson, founder and president of Focus on the Family. He is not a minister.

The Montgomery Advertiser
November 9, 2002
Setting it straight: A story in the Oct. 13 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser used an incorrect professional title in reference to James Dobson, founder of the Focus on the Family ministry. Dobson is not a reverend. He holds a doctorate in child development.

Wall Street Journal
May 11, 2001
Correction of May 9 Politics & Policy article, James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, oversees a radio ministry, but he is not an ordained minister.

The Nation
October 30, 2000
In Alexander Cockburn’s October 2 “Beat the Devil,” Focus on the Family’s president, James Dobson, was erroneously referred to as a “Reverend.”

Kansas City Star
November 23, 1996
Because of a reporter’s error, religious broadcaster James Dobson was identified as a minister in an Oct. 27 profile of Sam Brownback, successful candidate for U.S. Senate. Dobson is a licensed psychologist. The profile also implied that the organization Dobson heads, Focus on the Family, supported Brownback’s candidacy. Dobson made a personal endorsement of Brownback; Focus on the Family does not endorse candidates.

Chicago Tribune
October 31, 1995
An editorial Thursday incorrectly referred to the head of Focus on the Family as Rev. James Dobson. He is not a minister.

Orange County Register
March 2, 1993
James Dobson is a Christian counselor. Because of a reporting error, Dobson was misidentified in a story in the Metro section of Monday’s editions of The Orange County Register.

The Houston Chronicle
January 19, 1993
A story Sunday incorrectly described James Dobson, the head of a Colorado Springs, Colo., evangelical ministry, as a member of the clergy. He is a psychologist.

The Washington Post
June 13, 1989
In a report yesterday about the Moral Majority, James Dobson was identified incorrectly as a minister. He has a PhD in clinical psychology.

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