The Corrections: Confiscated Abalone

Read about The Inquirer's weekly spot: The Corrections.

by Bryan Joiner

Eli Wiesel: does not exist. Elie Wiesel: some random dude (11/2/06)

"An entry in the News Summary on Oct. 21 about the death of Sigmund Strochlitz at 89 misspelled the given name of a friend of Mr. Sctrochlitz who helped him create the National Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is Elie Wiesel, not Eli."

That's marriage for you (11/3/06)

"Because of an editing error, an obituary on Wednesday about P.W. Botha, the South African prime minister who tried to preserve the apartheid system, misstated the year his first wife, Anna Elizabeth Rossouw, died. It was 1997, not 1977."

The what Township? (11/3/06)

"An article about the ties of Representative Curt Weldon, Republican of Pennsylvania, to the Italian weapons manufacturer Finmeccanica misstated the Congressional district in which Oto Melara, a subsidiary of Finmeccanica, is locating a plant. It will be in the part of Tinicum Township that is in the First Congressional District—not in Mr. Weldon's Seventh Congressional District, which borders it."

I want to see this airport (11/4/06)

"A sports article on Wednesday about the largest skateboard ramp in the world misstated the site of the first Mega ramp conceived and built by Danny Way in 2002. It was in Aguanga, Calif., about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego—not at an airport near the Mexican border."

Your weekly laundry lists (11/5/06)

"A credit for an illustration in the Book Review on Oct. 15, with an article about “The Children’s Hospital,” by Chris Adrian, misspelled the surname of the artist. He is Aaron Hotchkiss, not Hodgkiss. A different misspelling—Hotchkis—appeared in a credit in the Book Review on Aug. 21, 2005, with an article about “Hamburgers & Fries,” by John T. Edge, and that misspelling was repeated on June 11 with an illustration for the Across the Universe column. The artist pointed out the errors in an e-mail to The Times during the summer. This correction was delayed by an editing lapse."

"An article last Sunday in Play magazine about Dallas Cowboys Coach Bill Parcells misstated the surname of a Dallas tight end. He is Jason Witten, not Whitten. The article also misstated the position that Chris Cooley of the Washington Redskins plays, and misidentified the former team of Washington’s running back T. J. Duckett. Cooley is a tight end, not a wide receiver. Duckett played for Atlanta, not Denver. The article also referred incorrectly to a playoff game last season in which Dallas’s kicker, Mike Vanderjagt, then with the Indianapolis Colts, missed a potential game-tying field goal against Pittsburgh. It was a divisional playoff game, not a conference championship game."

Not all dentists are monsters (11/6/06)

"A television review on Oct. 26 about In Search of the Real Frankenstein, on the History Channel, referred incorrectly to Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist of Mary Shelley’s novel. He was not a doctor."

I'm often confused for confiscated abalone (11/8/06)

"A picture caption with the Port Elizabeth Journal article on Friday about abalone poaching in South Africa reversed the references to the images shown. The suspected poachers hiding their faces in Port Elizabeth were on the left and the confiscated abalone at an office of the South African Marine and Coastal Management was above."

It was delayed again when a lemur ran through the office (11/8/06)

"An article on July 21 about a ruling by a New York State appeals court that political parties must be allowed to spend money to directly influence other parties’ primary elections referred incorrectly to a provision of state election law that allows a candidate to be the nominee of more than one party in an election, and to add together the votes received on the different parties’ lines. New York is not the only state with this provision; Connecticut, South Carolina and Delaware also allow the practice. A reader pointed out the error soon after the article was published, and this correction was delayed for more research. It was delayed again because additional reporting was not thorough enough."

If this were actually true, John Kerry would be president (11/8/06)

"An Op-Art on Oct. 30, about voting laws, mischaracterized the use of provisional ballots in Ohio. Federal law requires states to count all provisional ballots cast by properly registered voters; they are not counted only in recounts."

(Erasers from flickr.)