Slate’s mistakes for the week of Nov. 30.

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Nov. 30

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Nov. 30

Slate's mistakes.
Dec. 4 2015 4:04 AM

Corrections

Slate’s mistakes.

In a Dec. 4 Moneybox blog post, Jeremy Quittner misidentified the Grocery Manufacturers Association as the Grocers Manufacturers Association.

In the Dec. 4 Slate News Quiz, Ken Jennings misidentified the year in a statistic about mass shootings in the United States. The statistic referred to 2015, not 2016.

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In a Dec. 4 Slatest, Joshua Keating misstated that San Bernardino, California, shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik had legally obtained automatic weapons. They were semiautomatic weapons.

In a Dec. 4 You Must Remember This, Karina Longworth misspelled Josh LeRoy’s last name.

In a Dec. 3 Politics, Jamelle Bouie misstated that the weapons used in the San Bernardino, California, attack were large caliber. They were assault weapons, but not of a large caliber.

In a Dec. 3 Slatest, Rachel E. Gross misspelled Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Rachel Tevet-Vizel’s last name.

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In a Dec. 3 Slatest, Elliot Hannon misstated that the Washington Post report on Reagan and Bush–era climate change policy documents was published on Wednesday. It was released on Thursday.

In a Dec. 3 Slatest, Jeremy Stahl misstated when the Charleston, South Carolina, attack took place. It was on June 17, 2015, not June 18.

Due to an editing error, a Dec. 2 Books misidentified the title of the collection of Terry Southern’s letters as Yours in Haste and Admiration. It’s called Yours in Haste and Adoration.

In a Dec. 2 Brow Beat, L.V. Anderson misstated that Southern University’s marching band played Adele’s “Hello” at a half-time show. They played it at the Bayou Classic Battle of the Bands.

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In a Dec. 2 The Gist, Mike Pesca misidentified the AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, as the AMC church.

In a Dec. 2 Slatest, Joshua Keating misstated that Doctors Without Borders had provided the location of a hospital near the city of Homs to the Syrian government before it was attacked on Nov. 28. It did not. 

Due to a production error, a Dec. 1 Brow Beat misidentified Netflix’s Making a Murderer as Making a Murder.

In a Dec. 1 the Juice, Daniel Gross misstated that $2 billion is “two with seven zeroes behind it.” It has nine zeroes.

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In a Dec. 1 Slatest, Josh Voorhees misstated that Ted Cruz was in third place in the RealClearPolitics average of national GOP polls. Cruz was in fourth place, 0.7 points behind Marco Rubio.

In a Nov. 30 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that October 2015 was the hottest month on record. It had the highest temperature anomaly on record.

In a Nov. 30 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misspelled writer Stephen Cass’ first name. 

Due to an editing error, a Nov. 30 Business Insider misstated the date that Cards Against Humanity announced its Black Friday earnings. The announcement was on Sunday, not Monday.

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In a Nov. 30 Jurisprudence, Tomiko Brown-Nagin misquoted Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. He said “Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech,” not “Someone.”

In a Nov. 30 Schooled, Laura Moser misidentified the Internationals Network for Public Schools as the Internationals Network of Public Schools.

In a Nov. 30 Slatest, Joshua Keating misspelled the name of Papua New Guinea’s Cartaret Islands.

Due to an editing error, a Nov. 25 Jurisprudence misstated that Aaron Kheriaty gave a presentation on sexual orientation in October. His co-author gave the presentation; Kheriaty did not attend the conference where their work was presented.

In a June 5 Lexicon Valley, Katy Waldman misstated that Dr. Janice Jackson was affiliated with the University of Maryland when she conducted her research. She was studying at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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