![]() We have confirmed that prior to the article, at least four publications on Cornell's own website reported that Shante had earned a Ph.D. Cornell University has told us that Shante did not receive any degree from it under either her birth or stage name. Ĭorrection: It has come to the attention of the Daily News that a number of statements in this article written for the Daily News by a freelance reporter are, or may be, false. The marble sculpture, recollected by a friend, that Dennett was working on in 1963 was not a mother and child. The list of Dennett's books omitted Elbow Room, 1984, and The Intentional Stance, 1987. Only one chapter in the book, not four, is devoted to taking issue with Gould. Dennett wrote Darwin's Dangerous Idea before, not after, Gould called him a " Darwinian fundamentalist". The seminar at which Stephen Jay Gould was rigorously questioned by Dennett's students was Dennett's seminar at Tufts, not Gould's at Harvard. In our profile of Daniel Dennett (pages 20 to 23, Review, April 17), we said he was born in Beirut. However, some corrections are the result of major mistakes or carelessness in reporting, and in extreme examples involve such things as completely incorrect facts, gross misquotes and extreme misrepresentations. Time/date/place – e.g., "the event will be on Friday, not Saturday". ![]() Numbers – e.g., "the lawsuit was for $8 million, not $8 billion".Names – Names misspelled, someone was misidentified (e.g., in a photograph), their professional title was incorrect.Most newspaper errors are relatively minor, but even mere typos or atomic typos can adversely affect a story, such as: All trashlines on refiles and corrections must include the word 'corrects' or 'correcting'." Ī correction differs from a clarification, which clears up a statement that – while factually correct – may result in a misunderstanding or an unfair assumption. ![]() According to the Reuters Handbook of Journalism, "the trashline should say exactly why a story is being withdrawn, corrected, refiled or repeated. In online news media, a "trashline" or "advisory line" may be added to the top of a corrected article. In print newspapers, a correction notice will often appear in its own column in a subsequent issue. Sometimes, an editor or affected reporter will be asked to refer to a note or press release to determine how the mistake was made. Generally, this requires the reader to contact an editor, pointing out the mistake and providing the correct information. ![]() Newspapers usually have specific policies for readers to report factual errors.
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