Slate’s mistakes for the week of Dec. 21.

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Dec. 21

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Dec. 21

Slate's mistakes.
Dec. 25 2015 4:08 AM

Corrections

Slate’s mistakes.

In a Dec. 23 Moneybox blog post, Jordan Weissman misstated the percentage of young adults among healthcare.gov customer in 2014 and 2015. They are 33 and 35 percent respectively, not 17 and 26 percent. 

In a Dec. 23 Politics, Jamelle Bouie misidentified the first name of the chief justice who Ted Cruz clerked for. It was William Rehnquist, not John.

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In a Dec. 23 Slatest, Josh Voorhees misspelled Michele Bachmann’s first name.

In a Dec. 21 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that the solstice was at 21:48 Eastern. It is at 23:48 Eastern.

In a Dec. 21 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated the date of the SpaceX rocket landing as Dec. 21 at 01:49 UTC. The date was Dec. 22, due to the time zone difference.

In a Dec. 21 Behold, David Rosenberg misstated photographer Thomas Alleman’s last name.

The Dec. 21 Hang Up and Listen show page misstated that a 1928 medical journal article claimed that Roy Riegels ran the wrong way after suffering a possible concussion. The claim was made in newspaper articles.

In a Dec. 21 Sports Nut, Daniel Engber misidentified Dave Duerson as a former linebacker. He played defensive back.

In an Oct. 23, 2014, Brow Beat, L.V. Anderson omitted instructions for the crushed red pepper in a puttanesca sauce recipe. The recipe has been updated.

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