Slate’s mistakes for the week of March 28.

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of March 28

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of March 28

Slate's mistakes.
April 1 2016 4:02 AM

Corrections

Slate’s mistakes.

In an April 3 Slatest, Daniel Politi misstated the number of people who died in the March 22 Brussels terrorist attacks. Thirty-five died, not 16.

In an April 1 Interrogation, Isaac Chotiner misquoted Peggy Orenstein as saying: “You would have seen kissing, and then you get the haze coat.” She said “Hays Code.” 

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In an April 1 Moneybox blog post, Helaine Olen misspelled reporter Mark Schoeff Jr.’s last name.

In a March 30 Brow Beat, Katy Waldman misidentified the American Bird Conservancy as the American Bird Conservatory.

In a March 30 Politics, Jim Newell misstated that Madison, Wisconsin, is east of Milwaukee. It is to the west.

In a March 30 Schooled, Laura Moser misstated that Pitbull was born in Cuba. He was born in Miami to Cuban parents.

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In a March 30 Quizzical, Rebecca Onion and Andrew Kahn misdated two video clips, misidentified the year color film became available for use in making home movies, misstated the date of Apollo 11's 1969 launch, misdescribed “home movie cameras” as “home video cameras,” and misidentified an airplane as a “jet plane.”

In a March 29 Lexicon Valley, Katy Waldman misidentified Marvin V. Frey as Martin V. Frey.

In a March 29 Slatest, Eric Holthaus misstated the location of the Christmas Island where coral reef studies are taking place. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati, south of Hawaii, not a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean.

In a March 28 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misidentified the date of Easter 2017. It will be on April 16.

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In a March 28 DoubleX, Chelsea Hassler misstated how long the News Genius tool has been out of beta. It is four months, not one week. She also misstated that “several News Genius moderators” had annotated an Ella Dawson post—it was a News Genius staffer and a freelance writer—and that Dawson’s blog has no editor.    

Due to a production error, a photo caption in a March 27 Cover Story misspelled Abilene, Texas. 

In a March 17 Slatest, Rachel E. Gross misstated that SeaWorld was ending orca breeding immediately in its San Diego park while its other parks would follow suit in 2019. SeaWorld has ceased breeding in all parks.

In a March 12 Future Tense, Eric Holthaus misstated the record-breaking nature of February 2016 global temperatures. It was the most unusually warm month on record, not the warmest month on record. 

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