Slate's mistakes for the week of Nov. 19, 2012.

Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Nov. 19, 2012

Slate's Mistakes for the Week of Nov. 19, 2012

Slate's mistakes.
Nov. 23 2012 6:25 AM

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In a Nov. 21 "Holidays," Farhad Manjoo reversed a formula for determining the proper size of a TV based on its distance from the viewer's seat.

In a Nov. 20 "Future Tense" blog post, Fruzsina Eördögh incorrectly stated that the Time magazine list of the 100 most influential video games did not include any racing games. It included OutRun, a racing game that was first released in 1986.

In a Nov. 20 “Holidays,” Miriam Krule and Noam Prywes wrote that Thanksgiving is the third Thursday in November. It is the fourth Thursday.

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In a Nov. 20 “Politics,” John Dickerson misidentified Sen. Ben Nelson as Bill Nelson.

In a Nov. 19 “Bad Astronomy,” Phil Plait stated that sociology, linguistics, anthropology, and other sciences indicate that the Earth is billions of years old. Those sciences establish that Earth is much more than a few thousand years old, but other sciences established the precise age of the Earth. He also stated that Kappa Andromedae is 50 light-years away. It is 50 parsecs, or 170 light-years, away.

In a Nov. 19 “Jurisprudence,” Emily Bazelon originally characterized a law at issue in Florida as involving voter ID. It involved early voting. She also misidentified civil rights activist Medgar Evers as Medgar Evans.

In a Nov. 19 “Moneybox” post, Matthew Yglesias misspelled Barnes & Noble.

In a Nov. 19 “Explainer,” L.V. Anderson misspelled the last name of singer Cliff Richard.

In a Nov. 13 “Jurisprudence,” Emily Bazelon identified Mike Reynolds as the father of Polly Klaas. Marc Klaas is the father of Polly Klaas, and Mike Reynolds is the father of an 18-year-old woman killed in 1992.

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