CORRECTION: School gave out X-rated prizes
A Reuters article published on MSNBC.com and featured on the MSN homepage on Oct. 19 about a Florida school trying to retrieve prizes with racy images incorrectly characterized them as being of nude women or X-rated. The pictures found hidden beneath some of the bracelets’ cloth coverings were of women in scanty bikinis.
CORRECTION: Is your kid saving for retirement?
Oct. 17, 2011: An Oct. 11, 2011, column on MSN Money misspelled the name of Ira Rubenstein, a New York principal at MBAF-ERE CPAs, and misidentified the company.
CORRECTION: Reports: Ali suing former homeowners
Oct. 13, 2011: Because of an error by photo provider US Presswire, a woman shown in an Oct. 12 photograph on FOXSports.com and the MSN Homepage was misidentifed as Muhammad Ali’s wife.
CORRECTION: 10 US industries still hanging on
Oct. 13, 2011: An Oct. 10, 2011, article on MSN Money said Struthers-Dunn was the only remaining U.S. maker of electrical relays and controls. There is at least one other.
CLARIFICATION: The 5 worst places to retire in the US
Sept. 29, 2011: Developer Del Webb resumed construction of La Cresta (now called Del Webb Orlando), a 55-and-over community in Davenport, Fla., in 2010. A Sept. 1 article on MSN Money initially implied that no construction had occurred since the company effectively abandoned the project in 2009.
CORRECTION: Appraisals blamed for killing home sales
Aug. 29, 2011: An Aug. 16 post incorrectly described The Appraisal Institute as the certifying organization for appraisers. The Appraisal Foundation, not the institute, sets the standards used by states to certify appraisers. Also, the post said, incorrectly, that the Home Valuation Code of Conduct had been revised. The code actually was replaced by the Federal Reserve Board’s Interim Final Rule on Oct. 18, 2010.
CORRECTION: Orphan polar bear heads to US
June 24, 2011: A headline on the MSN homepage incorrectly stated that an orphaned polar bear was being sent to a Louisville zoo from outside the United States. The polar bear was already in the United States and being sent from Alaska, as the article correctly reported.
CORRECTION: World’s wildest houses
March 18, 2011: Each of the Kvivik Igloos rents for 795 Danish kroner a day. The article originally included an incorrect rental rate.
CORRECTION: Christina Aguilera / Razzie nomination
A gossip item about Christina Aguilera incorrectly stated that she was nominated for a worst actress Razzie Award for “Burlesque.” Aguilera appeared on the nominations ballot but was not actually nominated.
CORRECTIONS: Whoopi Goldberg / New York Times coverage
In two articles covering details of a disagreement between Whoopi Goldberg and the New York Times, the date of Goldberg’s Academy Award win for ‘Ghost’ was incorrectly stated as 1981. She won the award in 1991. (The corrected articles are: Whoopi ‘terribly hurt’ | Times fires back)
