Posts Tagged ‘virginian-pilot’

Correction to correction

A correction on page 2 of Wednesday 's front section erroneously stated that a brief ("Ex-clerk pleads guilty in theft") was published in Monday's Hampton Roads section. It actually appeared in Tuesday's Hampton Roads section. Link Thanks, Scott!  Report an error

Paper reverses Super Bowl score

To our print readers: This morning’s Virginian-Pilot Sports front featured a horrible error. We accidentally reversed the score of the Super Bowl. We’re embarrassed, and we apologize to all our readers, especially Saints fans. To see and print a copy of the corrected page, download these PDF files: high resolution, 28 MB | low resolution, [...]

A bit lower

A headline with a brief in Thursday’s Hampton Roads section (“Headless body found on tracks in Norfolk”) incorrectly described the dead man’s injuries . The body was severed in half. Link Thanks, David!  Report an error

Lessons in geography etc.

A headline in Saturday ‘s Hampton Roads section (“Norfolk-based sub heads west toward Gulf”) misstated the heading of the submarine Oklahoma City as it left on deployment. The sub is headed east. Link  Report an error

Earning an F in reporting

An item in The Buzz column in Monday’s Sports section said Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon is “ducking out on classes this fall” and that he’s “only enrolled in one class this semester: billiards.” Actually, Dixon is taking a single class because he has completed his academic requirements for a degree in sociology, according to the [...]

Fuzzy numbers etc.

A photo caption that accompanied an Oct. 1 front-page story (“It’s the end of the road for Beach family’s homestead”) said incorrectly that William Harrell of Virginia Beach died in 1959. He died in 2005. It was his father, Cleon W. Harrell, who died in 1959. Also, a map accompanying the story misnamed Virginia Beach [...]