A May 12 Metro article about recent enrollment growth in Prince William County schools misstated a description by the School Board chairman, Milton C. Johns, of the system’s budget shortfall for the fiscal year that starts in July. He said that the shortfall is $45 million, not $45,000. Link Thanks, Ellen! Report an error
In some editions, an April 26 Style article about an Earth Day concert on the Mall misidentified the “Avatar” characters that some attendees wore costumes to resemble. The blue creatures are called N’avi, not Avi. Link Report an error
An earlier edition of this story incorrectly stated that ACORN advisers posed as a prostitute and a pimp. In fact, two conservatives who posed as a pimp and a prostitute sought tax tips from ACORN advisers. Link Report an error
An earlier version of the story incorrectly mentioned Moldavia as a fictional place. The error has been corrected. Link Report an error
Jay Mathews’s column in the March 8 Metro section incorrectly listed “The Killer Angels,” by Michael Shaara, among nonfiction books suggested by readers for use in schools. The book is a fiction work. Link Report an error
Tracee Hamilton’s column in the Feb. 18 Sports section incorrectly said that U.S. speedskater Shani Davis became the first black athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal during the Turin Games in 2006. Davis was the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at a winter Olympics. The first black winner of [...]
Andrew Alexander, the Washington Post’s ombudsman, has the details on how the paper managed to make an embarrasing error about the Obamas Valentine’s plans: … The “Names & Faces†feature in the Style section included a short item under the headline: “Obamas’ Valentine’s getaway.†“It was date night for President Obama and first lady Michelle [...]
A Jan. 14 Style article on Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid’s 2008 remarks about Barack Obama, and how comments about race are received differently depending on the race of the speaker, incorrectly described Bill Clinton as trying to persuade Edward M. Kennedy to support Obama for president. Clinton was actually trying to persuade Kennedy [...]
A Jan. 27 Page One article misstated the nature of the charges recently filed against four men including James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who gained notice last year with undercover videos that he and an associate recorded at regional offices of the group ACORN. The men are accused of plotting to tamper with a telephone [...]
The Spirits column in the Jan. 20 Food section, which discussed the local availability of Bitter Truth brand bitters from Germany, contained this sentence: “The Bitter Truth’s Jerry Thomas says his product will be a good substitute for Angostura in most drinks.” Thomas was a 19th-century bartender for whom the company named one of its [...]
A CD review in the Jan. 15 Weekend section misstated the name of a new album by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. It is “Genuine Negro Jig,” not “Genuine Negro Gig.” Link Thanks, Deann! Report an error
A Jan. 3 Outlook review of Marc Spitz’s book “Bowie: A Biography” incorrectly grouped the 1980s British alternative rock band the Smiths with Depeche Mode and Moby, describing them as synth and electro-pop acts. The Smiths were a guitar-based band. Link Report an error
When I put this Washington Post correction on the site on December 4*, I had no idea it would end up being such a remarkable item: A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone [...]
Andrew Alexander, the Washington Post’s ombudsman, dedicated his weekend column to the issue of corrections. Back in March, he blew the whistle on the fact that the paper’s corrections policy and procedures were failing readers. Sunday’s column is something of a follow up. It also revealed that at the end of November the Post had [...]
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. Link Report an error
The Nov. 25 editorial “Climate of denial” stated that Phil Jones, director of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, and Michael E. Mann of Pennsylvania State University wrote in an e-mail exchange about organizing a boycott of an academic journal until it fires a “troublesome editor.” Though Mr. Mann wrote of [...]
A review of LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger’s book “Shooting Stars” in the Nov. 1 Outlook section should have disclosed that a book by the reviewer, Allen Barra, had been reviewed by Bissinger in another publication. And: A review of Jon Krakauer’s book “Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman” in the Sept. [...]
Steven Pearlstein’s column in the Nov. 6 Economy & Business pages incorrectly referred to “uncomfortably high employment.” It should have read “uncomfortably high unemployment.” Link Report an error
In the Nov. 6 Style section, a review of “The Men Who Stare at Goats” incorrectly referred to the movie “The Big Lebowski” as “The Great Lebowski.” Link Report an error
An Oct. 11 Style & Arts article about the Coen brothers’ Minnesota neighborhood incorrectly said that Judy Bernstein died on one of the jetliners hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. She died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Link Report an error
In today’s Weekend section, which was printed in advance, a listing for the Nov. 15 and 16 Devo concerts at the 9:30 club listed the ticket price as “TK,” a newsroom abbreviation meaning “to come.” The tickets are $45. Link Report an error
This article about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly because its voter-registration drives bring Latinos and African Americans to the polls. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O’Keefe, did not specifically mention them. Link [...]
The article incorrectly described The Washington Post Co.’s shareholders meeting as annual. The meeting, held most recently last Friday, takes place every two years. Link Thanks, G! Report an error
The Aug. 28 obituary of songwriter Ellie Greenwich incorrectly reported that she battled drug problems. Link Report an error
A Sept. 4 Sports item about John Glenn was accompanied by an incorrect photograph. The man labeled as Glenn was another former astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Link Report an error
