Slate’s mistakes for the week of April 25.

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of April 25

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of April 25

Slate's mistakes.
April 29 2016 4:02 AM

Corrections

Slate’s mistakes.

In a May 1 Slatest, Daniel Politi misspelled Chuck Todd’s last name.

In an April 29 Crime, Leon Neyfakh misidentified the college where Galen Baughman studied. It was Indiana University, not University of Indiana.

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In an April 29 Future Tense, Richard Aboulafia misstated the definition of a supersonic plane as flying faster than Mach 2. While supersonics typically fly Mach 2 or faster, technically it’s supersonic if it flies faster than Mach 1.

In an April 28 Brow Beat, L.V. Anderson misstated that the sketches she described appeared in the first two episodes of the fourth season of Inside Amy Schumer. Some of the sketches appear in the third episode of the season.

Due to a production error, the author of an April 28 Jurisprudence was misidentified as Michael Zilversmit. The author is Marc Zilversmit.

In an April 28 Politics, Michelle Goldberg misidentified Khaldoun Khelil as Khelil Khaldoun. She also misspelled Los Angeles.

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In an April 27 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misidentified the object 2007 OR10 as 2010 OR10.

In an April 27 Future Tense article, Lisa Margonelli misstated the definition of butyrous; it means butterlike, not butterflylike. She also misidentified the insect in whose gut Elizabethkingia anophelis is a key player; it is a mosquito, not a termite.

In an April 27 Moneybox blog post, Helaine Olen misstated that Prince had five half siblings. There are five surviving half siblings, and two deceased ones.

In a April 27 Slatest, Josh Voorhees misstated the percentage of yet-to-be-contested bound delegates Ted Cruz would need to win to clinch the GOP nomination. He needs 135 percent of them, not 134 percent.

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In an April 26 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misspelled Douglas MacArthur’s last name.

In an April 26 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misstated the date and location of the last Democratic nomination contest, which is in Washington, D.C., on June 14.

In an April 26 Slatest, Jeremy Stahl misidentified the San Francisco 49ers as the San Francisco Giants.

In an April 25 Behold, Jordan Teicher misidentified Elle Macpherson as Sharon Stone and Sharon Stone as Elle Macpherson.

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In an April 25 Brow Beat, Jacob Brogan misspelled the Game of Thrones character Alliser Thorne’s first name.

In an April 25 Foreigners, Daniel Engber misstated that in the aftermath of last year’s earthquake in Nepal visits by tourists and revenues from tourism dropped by about one-third. It dropped by about two-thirds.

In an April 25 Music, Carl Wilson misstated that “She Works Hard for the Money” is by Tina Turner. The song is by Donna Summer.

In an April 25 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misstated the amount of time that Nashville homeowner Jim Grinstead has had a zombie prop in his yard. Grinstead has had the zombie for five years, not 10.

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In an April 25 Slatest, Jeremy Stahl misidentified the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association as the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association.

In a April 25 XX Factor, Christina Cauterucci misstated the length of time a hormonal IUD can last. It is 5 years, not 10.

In an April 25 XX Factor, Christina Cauterucci misstated that Erin Andrews could have collected up to $110 million from a Nashville hotel. She could have collected up to $55 million.

In an April 24 Slatest, Daniel Politi misspelled Bernie Sanders’ first name. 

In an April 23 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that photographer Michael Shainblum was facing south when he took the featured shot. He was facing northeast.

In an April 22 Outward, Mark Joseph Stern misstated Vikki Wachino's position. She is the director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, not the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In an April 22 Roads & Kingdoms, Caterina Clerici and Kim Wall misspelled James Boulos Laham’s last name and Geronimo Ruiz’s first name.

In an April 15, 2015, Moneybox blog post, Jordan Weissmann misstated that an economics study by David and Christina Romer only found that certain kinds of tax increases, such as those meant to deal with an old budget deficit, were “highly contractionary.” The study’s results suggested that tax increases in general were contractionary but that hikes designed to deal with old deficits may have been less so.

In an Oct. 23, 2014, Technology, David Auerbach misstated that Stephane Manos and Ouissam Youssef were the founders of Mindgeek; Manos and Youssef were founders of Mansef. The assets of Mansef were sold to Fabian Thylmann who made them part of a company he owned called Manwin; Manwin would later become Mindgeek. Auerbach also misstated that Mindgeek, not Mansef, controlled bank accounts seized by the Secret Service in 2009. Lastly, Auerbach misstated that Mindgeek purchased Brazzers in 2010; it did not.

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