Corrections from the last week.

Corrections from the last week.

Corrections from the last week.

Slate's mistakes.
May 27 2011 7:05 AM

Corrections

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In the May 26 "Press Box," Jack Shafer misspelled journalist Tim Dickinson's last name. He also misidentified Franklin D. Roosevelt as Franklin R. Roosevelt.

In a May 25 "Interrogation," Jessica Grose misspelled the name Medea.

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In the May 25 "Sports Nut," Brian Phillips misidentified F.C. Barcelona player Sergio Busquets as French. He is Spanish.

In a May 24 "Culturebox," Tom Shone mistakenly wrote that X-Men: First Class is set in 1963, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That event was in 1962, which is the year when much of the movie is set. Shone also referred to a "forthcoming" edition of Action Comics that hit newsstands earlier this month, and he misspelled the names of Star Trek character Lt. Uhura and Captain America director Joe Johnston.

In a May 23 "Books," John Dickerson wrote that Bob Dylan's 1970 album Self Portrait was released in 1960.

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