2009 Corrections

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In Stephanie Zacharek's Dec. 9 review of "A Single Man," it was incorrectly stated that Tom Ford designed for Yves Saint Laurent before moving to Gucci. In fact, Ford worked as creative director of Gucci from 1996 to 2004, and also designed for Yves Saint Laurent after that house was acquired by Gucci in 1999. [Correction made 12/14/09]

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In the Dec. 9 story, Price Check: Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label the article misstated the price differences between retail bottles of wine, and restaurant bottles. The price difference numbers provided included an erroneous extra 100%.

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In the Dec. 8 Broadsheet post "'Curing' Gays Turns to Killing," Richard Cohen, author of "Coming Out Straight: Understanding and Healing Homosexuality," was incorrectly referred to as a Washington Post columnist. There is a newspaper columnist of the same name, but he is a different person. [Correction made 12/8/09] The Aug. 14 story "Whose side of the road are you on," incorrectly stated that Samoa was the first country to change the side of the road it drove on since 1967. In fact, Iceland made the change in 1968 and Burma in 1970. [Correction made 8/13/09]

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In the Aug. 12 story "Obama's Healthcare Horror," we incorrectly said that the White House counsel had been fired. In fact, there has been speculation in the press reports that the White House counsel will be fired -- but he has not been. [Correction made 8/13/09]

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The July 28 story "Immigrants Should Be Eligible for the Presidency" originally contained a paragraph stating that several Founding Fathers, including Alexander Hamilton, were ineligible for the presidency because of the circumstances of their birth. This paragraph was inaccurate and has been deleted from the story. [Correction made 7/29/09]

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In the June 22 Since You Asked column "I'm Stuck in Atlanta, He's Stuck in Seattle," certain identifying details have been removed to protect the privacy of the people involved. [Correction made 6/23/09]

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The June 6 story "The Learjet Repo Man" initially stated that Pat Sage is Nick Popovich's wife. She is his ex-wife. Salon regrets the error. [Correction made 6/11/09]

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The April 13 "Ask a Wingnut" column "The Wingnut Explains Michele Bachmann" originally stated that Minnesota was a major producer of coal. The article has been corrected to say that Minnesota's electricity production is heavily dependent on coal. Salon regrets the error. [Correction made 4/13/09]

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A March 25 Broadsheet post "Anti-abortion Stunt Girl Strikes Again" incorrectly stated that Live Action's Lila Rose project was funded by Dr. James Dobson. It is, in fact, not funded by Dobson. The article has been corrected. Salon regrets the error. [Correction made 3/26/09]

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The March 18 story "Just How Bad Off Is the Republican Party (Part 2)?" originally stated that Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson would not be running for governor in 2010 because of questions about a relationship with an aide. In fact, Parkinson is not running so that he can tend to his family business. A researcher confused Parkinson with former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison, who left office in 2008 because of a sex scandal. The story has been corrected. Salon regrets the error. [Correction made 3/18/09]

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The March 11 story "Why Is Jim Cramer Shouting at Me?" originally stated that Wall Street's closing bell is at 4:30 p.m. It is at 4 p.m., and the story has been corrected. Salon regrets the error.
[Correction made 3/12/09]

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The March 4 story "Predatory Lending With a Smiley Face" stated that "no-doc, option ARM, cash-out and other toxic mortgages" were still advertised on mortgage broker Ty Youngblood's Web site at the time of the story's publication. The story has been corrected and now reads: "no-doc, option ARM, cash-out and other toxic mortgages, some of which were still advertised on his Web site earlier this year, but are no longer." Salon regrets the error.
[Correction made 3/5/09]

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The Feb. 13 story "Pardon the Bush Miscreants" misrepresented a Gallup poll. The story has been corrected and now reads: "In a poll released yesterday by the Gallup Organization, 38 percent favors criminal sanctions against officials who authorized torture or other outrages in the "war on terror," while another 24 percent favors an investigation without criminal charges. At the same time, 34 percent prefers that the Obama administration simply leave its wayward predecessors be." Salon regrets the error.
[Correction made 2/17/09]

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In the Feb. 11 story "Bigfoot Lives," a quote by photographer Jeremy Holden read: "I had spent time in New Guinea trying to photograph a habituated
 troop of 19 chimpanzees." It should have read: "I had spent time in Guinea trying to photograph a habituated
 troop of 19 chimpanzees." The story has been corrected.
[Correction made 2/12/09]