The corrections file ...

"In a recent article entitled 'Our Troops in Afghanistan: Out of Control?' Newsweek described several events that purportedly occurred in prison facilities maintained and administered by American forces in Afghanistan. These events--the ritual desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Koran--were corroborated by at least two sources: a person who was present during the story's invention, and a person who was an eyewitness to the actual telling of the story to the Newsweek reporter. Nevertheless, the story and its inventors have come under increased scrutiny in the past week, and it is Newsweek's longstanding policy to retract any portion of any story that may or may not be possible to confirm. Therefore, although we vigorously stand by the story, and its sources, we regret any misunderstanding or miscommunication with readers who may have acted on the information in the belief that it was so."

"In yesterday's edition of All Things Considered, in a story about the controversial Bush-administration judicial nominees and the fight to end the Senate's filibuster tradition, we made a passing and incomplete reference to 'a former Ku Klux Klan member' and the Bush nominee to the federal appeals court, Priscilla Owen. Due to a technical error, it was implied that Ms. Owen was a former member of the racist organization. She is not. The story should have made clear that the former member of the Ku Klux Klan in question is Senate majority leader Bill Frist. All Things Considered regrets the error."

"Due to a computer layout error, in Tuesday's local edition of the New York Times, in an article headlined 'Signs of Hope and Gratitude in Iraq,' several Iraqi residents were quoted as 'thanking' America and praising President Bush for 'liberating' them from an 'evil dictator.' Many of those interviewed expressed 'hope' and 'optimism' about the future of a democratic Iraq and a sober realization that the 'road to stability and domestic peace may be long and rocky, but that in the end, it's worth it.' The New York Times regrets the error."

"Due to an editing error, a recent article on the ethical travails of House majority leader Tom DeLay suggested that the crawlspace under his Texas home was filled with the decomposing bodies of young children. The Dallas Morning News regrets this error."

"In yesterday's edition of All Things Considered, in a correction of a story about the controversial Bush-administration judicial nominees and the fight to end the Senate's filibuster tradition, Senate majority leader Bill Frist was identified as a former member of the Ku Klux Klan due to a server malfunction. We have since confirmed that he is not a former member of that organization. We regret the error."

"Because of a software glitch, in a profile of presidential adviser Karl Rove that appeared in Sunday's Washington Post, what the reporter described as Rove's clothing--'a shirt stained with blood'--and his physical appearance--'horns, nascent but visible, beginning to protrude from his otherwise smooth scalp'--may have left the impression with some readers that Mr. Rove, in the midst of a transformation from mortal political adviser into undead satanic majesty, may have committed a blood sacrifice earlier in the day. Mr. Rove's spokesman clarified for the Post that the 'bumps' on his head were from 'searching for something under the kitchen sink, unaware that his wife had opened the upper cabinet in the meantime,' and that the stains on his shirt were from 'a combination of drinking V-8 juice and driving over a speed bump.' The Post regrets the misimpression that may have been left with some of its readers."

"Due to a production error that affected several early editions of the Boston Globe, in an article entitled 'What's Wrong with Our Schools?' it was implied with charts, graphs, statistics, and direct quotations that the chief obstacle to reforming and improving Boston-area public schools is the powerful teachers' union. The Globe apologizes to its readers and to the teachers' union for the error. Later editions of the paper clarified that it is not the teachers' union, but the Bush administration, that is responsible for the declining effectiveness of our public schools."

"In yesterday's correction of a correction of a story about the controversial Bush-administration judicial nominees and the fight to end the Senate's filibuster tradition, Senate majority leader Bill Frist was identified as not being a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. All Things Considered has since learned that he is also not a current member of the Ku Klux Klan. We thought our listeners would like to know."