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The New York Times makes a nonkosher mistake

André Natta — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:14:56 +0000

The New York Times’ City Room blog has issued what Tablet Magazine is referring to as “perhaps the most Jewish ‘Times’ correction ever.” The post, published yesterday and written by Andy Newman, focused on the arrival of three female mulefoot hogs at the … Read more

New York Times acknowledges ‘Megadeath’ mistake in Jeff Hanneman obit

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:59:41 +0000

The New York Times

William Yardley’s May 3 obituary for Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman now sports a correction that will make many metalheads happy:

An obituary on Saturday about the guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founder of the band Slayer, misspelled
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Daily Beast retracts Kurtz story about Jason Collins

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:14:45 +0000

Daily Beast retracts Kurtz story about Jason Collins… Read more

Major breaking news errors giving rise to new responses in Boston coverage

Craig Silverman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:17:55 +0000

There is nothing new about the fact that a major breaking news event unleashed a torrent of rumors, hoaxes, reporting errors and misinformation. That some of them still reverberate, and will continue to, is also par for the course.

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The Lancet corrects obituary … from 1858

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:02:33 +0000

The Lancet

After what it calls “an unduly prolonged period of reflection,” the British medical journal The Lancet has reconsidered an obituary of Dr. John Snow that it published on June 26, 1858, and apologized for other attacks … Read more

Virginia paper confused over flooding location

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:09:29 +0000

Sent by a reader: “From today’s Newport News (Va.) Daily Press — a weird reference to Afghanistan’s Wardak province was inserted into a local weather story by the Tribune/LA Times copy desk in Chicago.”

AP issues correction for stories citing Manti Te’o's fake girlfriend

Craig Silverman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:34:59 +0000

The Associated Press issued a correction late last week to address reporting that cited Manti Te’o's fake girlfriend as real. As reported in Mike Allen’s Playbook at Politico, here’s the correction:

In a Sept. 15, 2012, story about Notre Dame’s
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Recent animal corrections

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:01:55 +0000

Service hedgehogs (The New York Times):

An earlier version of this post stated incorrectly that a service hedgehog would be allowed in a store that sells food in New York. Dogs are the only species of service animal allowed in
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Washington Post clarifies practices and standards for corrections

Craig Silverman — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:33:01 +0000

In an email to staff this morning, The Washington Post clarified its practices and standards for online corrections. The email was signed by three top editors, including Executive Editor Marty Baron, and was a succinct expression of the paper’s method … Read more

Slate article about ‘Girls’ ‘misspelled basically everyone’s name’

Mallary Jean Tenore — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:07:50 +0000

Slate | Poynter.org
A Slate correction that ran over the weekend is a good reminder to double-check the spelling of names. The correction, at the bottom of a Troy Patterson story about the TV show “Girls”‘ second season, reads:

This
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