NPR Corrections

Corrected on 2013-01-03 00:00:00

In a previous version of this piece, Scott Aiges incorrectly said Lil Wayne made his first appearance on a bounce track in 2012.

Corrected on 2012-12-24 00:00:00

This piece's original headline ("Ernie K-Doe: A One-Hit Weirdo's Rise, Fall And Redemption") has been modified to more accurately reflect K-Doe's legacy and career.

Corrected on 2012-12-26 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly drew the conclusion that statistics show the Southwest border is secure.

Corrected on 2012-12-19 00:00:00

A previous version of this story incorrectly said the Columbine shooting took place in 1989. It was in 1999.

Corrected on 2012-12-20 00:00:00

In talking about a surgical supply jingle he heard a long time ago in Boston, David Chase misremembered the company responsible for the jingle as Anderson Little. Anderson Little is actually a clothing store. We're not sure what the surgical supply company was.

Corrected on 2012-12-19 00:00:00

A previous version of this post mischaracterized the controversy over federally owned chimpanzees in 2010. The primates remained retired from medical research, but the National Institutes of Health drew criticism for planning to transfer them to a research facility from a reserve.

Corrected on 2012-12-19 00:00:00

A previous version of this post said that a lead concentration of 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood is considered safe for young children. Doctors say no level of lead is safe.

Corrected on 2012-12-17 00:00:00

In earlier versions of this story, the quote attributed to Adam Jones was incorrectly attributed to Jason Sussberg.

Corrected on 2012-12-17 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly identified Catherine Jeppsen as a professor at Brigham Young University. Jeppsen is an adjunct faculty member.

Corrected on 2012-12-20 00:00:00

The audio version of this story incorrectly reports the name of the Adelanto District Teachers' Association president. She is La Nita, not Lanina, Dominique.

Corrected on 2012-12-13 00:00:00

An earlier version of this blog post identified Western Sahara as a territory of Morocco. In fact, the territory has been under dispute since 1976. The United Nations designates Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory.

Corrected on 2012-12-28 00:00:00

We incorrectly give Capt. Daniel Belzer's first name as Andrew.

Corrected on 2012-12-11 00:00:00

According to Guinness World Records, the most ever paid for a bottle of whisky at auction was $460,000, in 2010. The original version of this post said that the record price was $94,000 recently paid for another bottle.

Dec. 10: A photo caption that previously appeared on this page gave an incorrect name for the reserve named after the Glenfiddich founder's granddaughter. It is the Janet Sheed — not Janet Reed — Roberts Reserve.

Corrected on 2012-12-11 00:00:00

An earlier version of this story stated that thousands of Wal-Mart employees took part in the Black Friday protests. Wal-Mart says 100 workers participated, while one of the protest organizers, OUR Walmart, says 500 workers and thousands of activists were involved.

Corrected on 2012-12-10 00:00:00

A photo caption that previously appeared on this page incorrectly placed the school in the image, Miramonte Elementary School, in the Clovis Unified School District. The school is actually part of the Los Angeles Unified district.

Corrected on 2012-12-10 00:00:00

Previous audio and Web versions of this story incorrectly referred to a "Polish concentration camp." Poland was under German occupation and the camps were run by Germans.

Corrected on 2012-12-21 00:00:00

An earlier version of this transcript did not identify Daniel Seidemann as the speaker who said that construction of settlements in the West Bank area known as E1 "would dismember any potential future Palestinian state."

Corrected on 2012-12-03 00:00:00

An early version of this story incorrectly said that a Pew poll was taken last week. It was actually done Nov. 8-11.

Corrected on 2019-01-11 00:00:00

A previous version of this story and caption incorrectly referred to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. It is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Corrected on 2012-12-03 00:00:00

This story has been corrected to reflect that Miller served on the House Administration Committee before — in 2005 and 2006 — although she is not currently serving on the committee.

Corrected on 2012-12-03 00:00:00

The classification of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as mostly Democratic has been changed to reflect that all current members are Democrats.

Corrected on 2014-02-21 00:00:00

An earlier version of this story overstated Spencer Manio's involvement in creating a theme for Under Armour. Manio did not write the theme.

Corrected on 2012-11-28 00:00:00

This story's original headline implied that Sen. Chambliss plans to raise tax rates. As the senator states in the interview, his plan calls for increasing revenue by reforming the tax code.

Corrected on 2012-11-28 00:00:00

We incorrectly refer to the Product Stewardship Institute as the Product Sustainability Institute.

Corrected on 2012-11-21 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story, as does the audio, incorrectly said Affymetrix and a team from Kaiser processed saliva samples. The processing was done by Kaiser and UCSF.

Corrected on 2013-01-18 00:00:00

We mistakenly refer to Michael Wahid Hanna as being associated with the Council on Foreign Relations. Hanna is a fellow at the Century Foundation.

Corrected on 2012-11-19 00:00:00

An early version of this story incorrectly referred to Mario Andretti as the only American to have won a Formula One World Championship (in 1978). Another American, Phil Hill, won the championship in 1961.

Corrected on 2012-11-14 00:00:00

We incorrectly refer to the All About Microsoft blog as being a ZNet blog. It is a ZDNet blog. We also incorrectly identify Al Hilwa as an analyst with research firm IHS. Hilwa is a program director for IDC.

Corrected on 2012-11-14 00:00:00

C4 plants are named for the way the plants fix carbon as they photosynthesize, not for the isotopes used to identify them. The text has been corrected.

Corrected on 2012-11-13 00:00:00

Our guest misstated the name of the center commanded by Maj. Gen. H.R. McMaster. It is the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga.

Corrected on 2012-11-09 00:00:00

A system glitch replaced the photo of Lt. Col. Herbert Carter with one of recently deceased composer Elliott Carter. The correct photo of Lt. Col. Carter appears below.

Corrected on 2012-11-09 00:00:00

A previous version of this post referred to an energy drink called RuckPack and incorrectly said it contains caffeine.

Corrected on 2012-11-07 00:00:00

The on-air challenge included an incorrect anagram. Forest, which is the first name of actor Forest Whitaker, is not an anagram of Forster, which is the last name of novelist E.M. Forster.

Corrected on 2012-11-02 00:00:00

A previous version of the electoral vote map incorrectly depicted Missouri as having been won by Barack Obama.

Corrected on 2012-11-05 00:00:00

Jonathan Haidt now teaches at New York University. He was a professor at the University of Virginia when he published "The Righteous Mind" earlier this year.

Corrected on 2012-11-02 00:00:00

Early versions of this story incorrectly said the Brown v. Board of Education decision was in 1956. It was in 1954.

Corrected on 2012-11-01 00:00:00

In the audio of this story, as in a previous Web version, speaker Dan Kass says that New York City's water supply has "ample reservoirs located away from the city that are groundwater based." Kass misspoke; the reservoirs are not groundwater based.

Corrected on 2012-10-29 00:00:00

The Republicans were called out for being incorrect 24-14 over the Democrats.

Corrected on 2012-11-05 00:00:00

Chef Bottura's Risotto Cacio E Pepe requires 1/2 pound of Parmigiano Reggiano, not 3 1/4 pounds, as originally posted. The recipe has been corrected below.

Corrected on 2012-10-26 00:00:00

An earlier online version of this article incorrectly reported that Diana Mutz was a Stanford University political scientist. She is a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.

Corrected on 2012-10-26 00:00:00

The audio of this story, as did a previous Web version, reports that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 8, 1941. The actual date was Dec. 7.

Corrected on 2012-10-24 00:00:00

A previous caption incorrectly referred to Willisburg, N.D., instead of Williston.

Corrected on 2012-10-24 00:00:00

A previous version of this story said that about 40 million taxpayers use the mortgage interest deduction. According to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, the most recent number is 34 million.

Corrected on 2012-10-30 00:00:00

A previous version of this story incorrectly said that GoFundMe takes a 5 percent cut from all money raised. In fact,GoFundMe takes an 8 percent cut from all money raised, including credit card fees.

Corrected on 2012-10-24 00:00:00

A previous audio version of this story incorrectly said that Congress set the second Tuesday in November as Election Day. Congress actually set Election Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Corrected on 2016-10-03 00:00:00

When Antoni Dobrowolski died, the Associated Press reported he was the oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz camp, and this post repeated that claim. In fact, Yisrael Kristal was born about a year before Dobrowolski. Kristal, also an Auschwitz survivor, is now 113.

Corrected on 2012-11-27 00:00:00

The audio of this story, as well as a previous Web version, incorrectly reported that MTV's 16 and Pregnant was popular before ABC Family began airing The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Actually, the ABC Family show premiered in July 2008, almost a year before the MTV program debuted.

Corrected on 2012-10-22 00:00:00

We incorrectly identify Nicole Bibbins Sedaca as Sandra Bibbon Sedaka. We also incorrectly say that Kate Schmelzer is from Marshall, Wis. Schmelzer is from Marshfield, Wis.

Corrected on 2012-10-19 00:00:00

Our guest incorrectly attributes the background sample in "He Got Game" to Jefferson Airplane. The correct artist is Buffalo Springfield.

Corrected on 2012-10-22 00:00:00

The audio version of this story incorrectly identifies Sidney Rittenberg as the only American citizen to join the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, there have been others.

Corrected on 2012-10-19 00:00:00

We give an incorrect definition of the name RICO. It is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Corrected on 2012-10-23 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story, as does the audio, accidentally transposed the names of the first and last interviewees. The first quote in the story is by Prince Sisowath Thomico, while the last quote is not from the prince but by Son Soubert, an adviser to Cambodia's current ruler, King Norodom Sihamoni.

Corrected on 2012-10-15 00:00:00

An early version of this interview misidentified the city where Patrick Henry made his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" remark. Henry said that in Richmond, Va., not Williamsburg.

Corrected on 2012-10-15 00:00:00

The radio version and an earlier online version of this story identified poison ivy as the culprit in the rash suffered by Rebecca Braslau. However, poison ivy doesn't grow in California. The culprit in California is poison oak, which also contains urushiol.

Corrected on 2012-10-15 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly stated that Charles Djou was running for election for the first time this year. Djou first ran for Congress in a special election two years ago and won.

Corrected on 2012-10-12 00:00:00

The audio version of this story incorrectly identifies Laurie Marhoefer as being from Okemos, Mich. Marhoefer is from Syracuse, N.Y.

Corrected on 2012-10-11 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly identified Compassion & Choices as a nonprofit organization based in the New York area. It is based in Denver.

Corrected on 2012-10-11 00:00:00

We incorrectly say that the National Institute of Standards and Technology lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has over time won two Nobel prizes. The NIST lab in Colorado has actually won three Nobels.

Corrected on 2012-10-03 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly characterized the percentage of people who said they might change their minds about the candidate they would support. We reported 11 percent of President Obama's supporters and 15 percent of Mitt Romney's supporters said they might still change their minds. The poll actually indicates that 11 percent of those who do not support Obama and 15 percent of those who do not support Romney might change their minds.

Corrected on 2012-10-04 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly identified John Barry as James Barry.

Corrected on 2012-10-02 00:00:00

In the audio version of this story, we incorrectly give the title of Bill Pullman's new movie as Raising Bobby. The correct title is Bringing Up Bobby.

Corrected on 2018-06-19 00:00:00

In the audio of this story, as in a previous Web version, we incorrectly say Jimmy Hoffa was pardoned. In fact, Hoffa's sentence was commuted, but there was no pardon.

Corrected on 2012-09-28 00:00:00

A previous version of this story mischaracterized FDA's actions on the dog treats. FDA has issued three warnings to consumers about these treats. But it has not recalled them.

Corrected on 2012-10-02 00:00:00

In the audio version of this story, we incorrectly say that botulinum is a poison from spiders. Botulinum is made by a bacterium.

Corrected on 2012-09-27 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this piece, as does the audio, included information provided by musician Erin McKeown about the royalty rate paid to her by Spotify each time someone plays one of her songs on the streaming service. McKeown said that rate was "point zero zero four cents" per play. Some members of our audience thought this seemed low, so we called McKeown, who confirmed the quote. Later, she realized she misspoke. Her correct rate, as she has posted on Twitter, is $0.004 — just under half a cent — per play.

Corrected on 2012-09-24 00:00:00

A photo caption with this story originally stated that 'Other People We Married' was first published in 2012. It was published by FiveChapters Books in 2011 and rereleased by Riverhead Books in 2012.

Corrected on 2012-09-24 00:00:00

We give an incorrect name for Jonathan Bloom's blog site. It is wastedfood.com, not wastefood.com.

Corrected on 2012-09-28 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story, as does the audio, said that Hal Malchow devised a way to increase voter turnout using direct mail. Credit for developing that technique should be given to Fordham University professor Costas Panagopoulos.

Corrected on 2012-09-26 00:00:00

In the audio and a previous Web version of this story, David Cay Johnston incorrectly states that "a lot of the work done for the Pixar animated movies is done not in Hollywood, but in Lafayette, La." Pixar does not have production facilities in Lafayette and has not outsourced work to any companies in Lafayette.

Corrected on 2012-09-20 00:00:00

The online version of this story originally stated that Snapped is in its seventh season. It is in its ninth.

Corrected on 2012-09-19 00:00:00

We incorrectly say that military pay is not subject to federal income taxes. While some military pay is exempt from federal income taxes, there is no blanket exemption from federal taxes for members of the military.

Corrected on 2012-09-19 00:00:00

The name of David Letterman's show is incorrectly given as Late Night with David Letterman. The correct name is Late Show with David Letterman.

Corrected on 2012-09-19 00:00:00

This post originally named 'Red Horse' as the second album by Early Graves. It is the third.

Corrected on 2012-09-18 00:00:00

The audio introduction to this story mistakenly states the date that litigation was initiated against Google. The Authors Guild brought the lawsuit in 2005.

Corrected on 2012-09-15 00:00:00

In the long term, there will be an extra million people looking for jobs and unable to find them, according to Zandi. An earlier version of this story incorrectly said there would be one million to two million people in this position.

Corrected on 2012-10-01 00:00:00

The original post misspelled Bobbie Lussier's name owing to an error in the Aug. 30 transcript. Both reports have since been corrected.

Corrected on 2012-09-13 00:00:00

Our guest mistakenly refers to census reports from 1910 and 1911. The reports are from 2010 and 2011.

Corrected on 2012-09-17 00:00:00

Two corrections have been made to this post. 1. The rate of increase for a day should have read 1.7 milliseconds and not 1.7 microseconds. 2. When the Earth and moon are tidally locked, one day will last 47 of our present days.

Corrected on 2012-09-21 00:00:00

An audio clip of Christopher Hitchens from 2007 that is heard in this show includes incorrect information regarding the death of David Hume. Hume died on Aug. 25, 1776, not July 4 as indicated by Hitchens.

Corrected on 2012-09-12 00:00:00

A previous version of this post incorrectly said that the flu, pneumonia and hepatitis B vaccines have copays under Medicare Part B. They do not.

Corrected on 2012-09-11 00:00:00

The word "judges" in the original post was changed to "experts" to more accurately reflect the role of the panelists.

Corrected on 2016-09-03 00:00:00

A woman in the photo of three contestants was misidentified. The woman on the left is actually Krystal Parkhurst, who was previously identified as Wallita Begay.

Corrected on 2012-09-10 00:00:00

A previous Web introduction to this story incorrectly identified Susan Glasser as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs. Glasser is the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy.

Corrected on 2012-09-07 00:00:00

In the audio version of this report, a listener comment about organic food production and pesticides is mistakenly attributed to Will Zander of Glen Mills, Pa. It should have been attributed to Wayne Parrott, a listener from Athens, Ga.

Corrected on 2012-09-07 00:00:00

The audio of this story, as did a previous Web version, incorrectly says that Scottie Fitzgerald was buried in 1985. She was buried in 1986.

Corrected on 2012-09-07 00:00:00

We incorrectly say that Apple does not offer an iPad with a 4G wireless connection. Some iPad models do include a 4G connection.

Corrected on 2012-09-07 00:00:00

In an early version of this story, we incorrectly referred to Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel.

Corrected on 2012-09-12 00:00:00

We incorrectly give the name of Andrei Codrescu's book as Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Parentheses). The actual title is Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Footnotes).

Corrected on 2012-09-12 00:00:00

We misidentify a speaker as Janet Ganong Cudahy of Wisconsin. She is Janet Ganong; Cudahy is her hometown.

Corrected on 2012-09-05 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story incorrectly said that GM would lose as much as $16 billion if the government were to divest itself of its company stake. It's the government that would lose the money.

Corrected on 2012-09-06 00:00:00

The audio of this story, as did a previous Web version, incorrectly says that Peter Harnik lives on Capitol Hill. Harnik actually lives in Virginia, although he works on the Hill.

Corrected on 2012-09-04 00:00:00

A previous Web version of this story, as does the audio, incorrectly said that Ebenezer Baptist Church leases out space for a community garden. While the land is adjacent to Ebenezer, it is actually leased out by Wheat Street Baptist Church.

Corrected on 2012-09-06 00:00:00

We said that Harrisburg, Pa., has the most debt per capita of any city in the country. We're not certain that's true. Harrisburg has an extremely high debt level — an estimated $1.5 billion for a city of 50,000 residents. But as Michael Maciag, the data editor of Governing.com, pointed out to us in an email, there is no standard measurement by which to rank city indebtednesss. We checked with David Jacobson, of Moody's Investors Service. Moody's is one of the ratings agencies whose job it is to rate the creditworthiness of cities. And he concurred that there is no agreed-upon measurement for municipal debt levels.

Corrected on 2012-08-30 00:00:00

A previous version of this Web introduction, as does the story audio, incorrectly listed Missouri as one of the states where Chipotle restaurants round customers' bills to the nearest nickel. The rounding is done in New York and New Jersey.

Corrected on 2012-08-27 00:00:00

An earlier version of this story said former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had traveled to Utah to campaign for Love. She is scheduled to do so early next month.

Corrected on 2012-08-30 00:00:00

While McGill professor Dan Levitin explains the "cheesecake" theory of the evolution of music in this story, he does not espouse the theory himself. He believes there exists compelling evidence that music is a product of evolution.

Corrected on 2012-08-24 00:00:00

Fort Hood is one of the Army's major bases, though not one of the main centers for basic training, as it was described in the original on air and online versions.

Corrected on 2012-08-23 00:00:00

A previous Web version of the story, as does the audio, incorrectly identified actress Maureen O'Hara as Maureen O'Sullivan.

Corrected on 2012-08-23 00:00:00

A previous Web introduction to this story, as does the audio version, incorrectly said that Mitch McConnell's appearance at a Tea Party rally was a first. McConnell had actually appeared at another Tea Party event in 2010.