It’s easy, too easy, to make fun of the lowly “corrections” columns in the daily papers. When, for example, the Tribune announces, as it did in July of this year, that “The name of Richard Seaman, vice president of Evanston’s Fourth of July Association, was misspelled in Thursday’s Chicagoland story about fireworks celebrations,” we cannot help but think that this is probably not the first time Dick Seaman has had his name misspelled.
Correction: (Saturday, June 17, Tribune) “A map that ran Friday incorrectly identified an area in Croatia as Western Slovenia. It should have been identified as Western Slavonia.”
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Correction: (Thursday, May 25, Tribune) “A graphic on Wednesday’s front page incorrectly indicated the direction of the Earth’s rotation on its axis. The Earth rotates on its axis in a counterclockwise motion.”
Possible Reason for Error: In a world of digital clocks, notions of “clockwise” and “counterclockwise” have become arcane knowledge, of relevance only to specialists.
Correction: (Saturday, February 25, Tribune) “A review in the Feb. 19 Tribune Books section referred to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt as ‘a soon-to-retire book critic for The New York Times.’ Mr. Lehmann-Haupt is not about to retire.”
Possible Reason for Error: Ann Landers filling in for regular columnist.
Correction: (Wednesday, May 24, Tribune) “A concert review in Monday’s ArtsPlus contained an error: Bad Brains vocalist H.R. broke the nose of the Bad Brains’ road manager, not guitarist Dr. Know.”
