Two New York Times stories questioned after central numbers don’t add up
Two recent New York Times articles included significant numerical errors that elicited howls of protest…
May 23, 2012
Numerical Errors
N.Y. Times corrects obit for New Yorker cartoonist Al Ross
The New York Times was off by a couple of decades in describing the career…
March 28, 2012
Numbers in yoga story leave New York Times twisted
The New York Times gets twisted into a knot over yoga numbers: Because of an…
March 13, 2012
New York Times makes age mistake in story about age
The New York Times really should have gotten this particular woman's age right: An article…
March 6, 2012
New campaign offers tips to help journalists get their numbers straight
Thanks to a campaign from the U.K.'s Royal Statistical Society, journalists now have access to a…
February 9, 2012
New York Times mistakes amount of fuel aboard Costa Concordia
Because of an editing error, an article on Tuesday about the Costa Concordia, the luxury…
January 19, 2012
New York Times corrects age in Tony Blankley obit
An earlier version misstated Mr. Blankley’s age and the year of his birth. He was…
January 10, 2012