|  Thanks so much for voting for the Correction of the Year. After tabulating the votes, it turned out that the famed brothel misidentifyer squeaked out a victory over Jane Ann Morrison's entry.
We've re-ordered them to reflect the voting.
Number One
CORRECTION 1/13/09 (Mistake likely made by an unidentified copy editor)
"In Sunday's Las Vegas Review-Journal, a photo of Bobbi Davis, an employee of the Korte Company, was mistakenly printed with a quote by another Bobbi Davis who owns a brothel."
Number Two
CORRECTION on 5/25/09 (Mistake by Jane Morrison)
"Jane Ann Morrison’s Monday column was unclear about Claudine and Shelby Williams being the first to open a buffet on the Las Vegas Strip. In her oral history, Claudine Williams said the first Las Vegas Strip buffet was started at their Silver Slipper Casino. A misplaced clause in the column incorrectly made it sound like she was referring to the Holiday Casino. However, historians credit the late Herb McDonald for starting the first Las Vegas Strip buffet, starting with a “chuck wagon” of mostly cold cuts at the El Rancho Vegas in 1946."
Number Three
CORRECTION on 11/19/09 (Mistake by Norm Clarke)
"Because of an editing mistake, an item in Norm Clarke's column on Monday was incorrect. Bill Walton told a gathering Saturday at the Palms to celebrate veteran sports reporter Jim Gray's 50th birthday that he did Gray a disservice and owed him an apology. Walton recalled a time when Phil Jackson refused to do a post-game interview if Gray were in the room. Gray eventually left the room, and Walton filled in for him. "I should have punched (Jackson) in the nose and walked out," Walton said."
Number Four
CORRECTION on 12/8/09 (Mistake by James Haug)
A story in the Nevada section of Monday's Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly identified a new school opening in 2010 to serve students with learning disorders. The correct name is Lexis Preparatory School Las Vegas.
Number Five
CORRECTION on 11/25/09 (Mistake by Vin Suprynowicz)
"Although the name "Spike" appears directly above the comment, the remarks attributed to the blog poster "Spike" in Vin Suprynowicz's column of Nov. 22 -- namely, "The fact is that the MOST ignorant senior in any 'socialist' high school today knows more than ANY college graduate from the 1800's. ..." -- were actually posted by a respondent identifying himself as "Patrick." "
Number Six
CORRECTION on 3/23/09 (Mistake by Thomas Mitchell)
"In Thomas Mitchell's Sunday column listing cities in which major newspapers have been described as "endangered," he mistakenly listed Minneapolis twice and failed to list San Francisco. In some printed copies he also wrote that the Tucson Citizen had been closed. At the last minute the Citizen announced it would publish at least through Friday."
Number Seven
CORRECTION on 7/25/09 (Mistake by Steve Tetreault)
"In annual personal finance reports he filed with the U.S. Senate, Sen. Harry Reid reported his ownership of property on Patrick Lane in Clark County, and reported when it was sold in 2004. What Reid did not fully report was that he had placed the property in a holding company, Patrick Lane LLC, in 2001. A sentence in a story in Friday's Review-Journal suggested an appearance that Reid had profited from a sale of property he did not own."
Number Eight
CORRECTION on 8/29/09 (Mistake by Scott Wyland)
"An article in Wednesday's Review-Journal mischaracterized the votes needed to approve a road-widening contract. Under state law, at least four Clark County commissioners must vote in favor of an action to ratify it, even if two commissioners on the seven-member board don't participate."
Number Nine
CORRECTION on 6/4/09 (Mistake by Scott Wyland)
"The Clark County Commission on Tuesday delayed until late July voting on a proposed code that would allow businesses and nonprofit groups to run paid fitness activities in the parks.
A few commissioners also suggested that they review fees already imposed on these activities.
An article in Wednesday's Las Vegas Review-Journal misstated the commission's actions."
Number Ten
CORRECTION 1/1/09 (Mistake by Scott Wyland)
"A story in Monday's Las Vegas Review-Journal about Clark County's sustainability plan should have said that the county has 332 gas-electric hybrid vehicles and 232 compressed natural-gas vehicles in its fleet. The story also misstated the county's intentions regarding a four-day work week for employees. That is among the options that county officials might explore to conserve energy."
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Fact Checks
Somewhere before he cursed at a Vegas investigative reporter on television and after he took his girlfriend to Washington on the taxpayer's dime, Jim Gibbons saved education.
We know the Review-Journal just thinks of John Farley as just another overpaid public employee.
The Sunday Review-Journal Opinion section was recently dominated by another blow against science.
Sinsational Correction Tales. Norm Clarke hides as many corrections as he has columns and the RJ wins the Correction Superfecta on Tuesday with errors by Jim Haug, Ed Vogel, Hubble Smith and the unidentified copy editors.
