Slate’s mistakes for the week of July 11.

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of July 11

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of July 11

Slate's mistakes.
July 15 2016 4:02 AM

Corrections

Slate’s mistakes.

In a July 16 Slatest, Emily Tamkin misstated that Pokémon Go’s servers were hacked. They were the target of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by a hacking group.

In a July 15 Brow Beat, Marissa Martinelli misspelled Stormtroopers.

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In the July 15 Slate News Quiz, Ray Hamel misidentified Minneapolis, instead of St. Paul, in a question about Philando Castile protests.

In a July 15 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misidentified the Peoples’ Democratic Party as Turkey’s primary opposition party. Turkey’s formally identified primary opposition party is the Republican People’s Party.

In a July 15 War Stories, Fred Kaplan misidentified Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies as the Center for Strategic Studies. He also misspelled the last names of Rukmini Callimachi and Nouri al-Maliki.

In a July 14 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that New Horizons launched on Jan. 26, 2006. It launched on on Jan. 19, 2006. He also misstated that it passed Pluto at more than 40,000 kph. It passed at more than 50,000 kph. Also, the crater picture caption said it was in Sputnik Planum, but it’s north of there. Finally, he misidentified Argo Chasma as Argo Rupes.

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Due to a production error, a July 14 Business Insider misidentified which Kate Taylor wrote the post. It has been udpated with the correct byline.

In a July 14 Slatest, Jeremy Stahl misstated that Mike Pence refused to endorse one of Donald Trump’s opponents in the Indiana Primary. He endorsed Ted Cruz.

In a July 14 Slatest, Matt Miller misidentified the Orlando Sentinel as the Sun-Sentinel.

In a July 13 Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait misstated that Juno’s orbit will take it as far as 2.7 million km from Jupiter at “perijove,” which is the closet point in its orbit to Jupiter. He meant “apojove,” the farthest point.

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In a July 13 Brow Beat, Matthew Dessem misstated that the ESPY Awards took place on Tuesday evening. It was Wednesday evening.

In a July 13 Jurisprudence, Dahlia Lithwick misidentified Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s late husband as her ex-husband.

In a July 13 Slatest, Ben Mathis-Lilley misidentified Media Matters as Mediaite.

In a July 12 Behold, Jordan G. Teicher misstated where photographer Don Usner grew up. He grew up near Los Alamos and Chimayó in New Mexico, not Española.

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In a July 12 Lexicon Valley, Adam Ragusea misspelled Dylann Roof’s first name and Nidal Hasan’s first and last names.

In a July 11 Behold, Jordan G. Teicher misstated the number of refugee groups Brian McCarthy and Myra Saad worked with. It was three, not two.

In a July 11 Brow Beat, Marissa Martinelli misspelled Cara Delevingne’s last name.

In a July 11 Moneybox, Daniel Gross misstated that the Sierra Club and two other nonprofits took ownership of a coal reserve. They will select the new owner.

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In a July 11 Moneybox blog post, Henry Grabar misstated that UberPool Commute Cards allow Manhattan riders below 125th Street unlimited rides between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. The unlimited rides are available between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

In a July 11 Outward, Nico Lang misstated the institution where David Getsy is a professor. It is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, not the University of Chicago.

In a July 11 Politics, Isaac Rauch listed Oppenheimer & Co. as an investor in Puerto Rico’s debt. It’s OppenheimerFunds Inc. He also misspelled Elliott Management.

In a July 10 Spot, Laurent Dubois misspelled Cristiano Ronaldo’s first name.

In a July 9 Brow Beat, Matthew Dessem misspelled Michele Bachmann’s first name.

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