The Review-Journal has defied the odds today with a SUPERFECTA of corrections.

The first took a while after we notified them Saturday, but at least they're setting the record straight.

"An article in Saturday's Review-Journal about retired teacher and Army veteran Ron Taylor gave the wrong year for the Swift Boat commercial against past Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. The political ad ran in 2004."

That's from a Jim Haug story.

Here's another Saturday mistake finally getting fixed three days later.

"The office that Libertarian candidate Arthur Forest Lampitt Jr. is seeking was incorrect in Saturday's Review-Journal. He has filed to run for governor."

Then there's more fuzzy math to fix. We don't even know what story this is referencing. The only legislative story is by Ed Vogel. Vogel's Sunday story refutes his prior reporting, but that's not something the paper typically corrects. We also found no reference to the budget gap in that story.

"A story in Sunday's Review-Journal incorrectly stated the size of Nevada's recent budget shortfall. The budget gap was $887 million."

Here's the other weekend error finally getting fixed from that crack 24-7 newsroom.

"A story in Sunday's Business section misidentified Bruce Hendricks. He is chief executive officer of Bank of Nevada."

This error comes from the often-wrong, but rarely-corrected Hubble Smith.

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Today, columnist Laura Myers has her piece on Sen. Harry Reid filing for re-election.

She states in the lede that he welcomes third-party candidates. That's not borne out by his quote.

She also suggests in graph number three that Scott Ashjian is a "Tea Party fraud."

Finally, Myers shows us some folks who actually keep stoking that fraud rumor. But her quote from Chris Comfort, the GOP chairman, only says that Ashjian is a "fraud."

We're wondering who actually used the term "Tea Party fraud."

Must be Myers. Hence the columnist tag.

The rest of her story about Reid filing for re-election is a re-hash of the polls which show Reid in a vulnerable position. http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid-says-he-expects-to-win-87100142.html

Funny how she also quotes the RJ's pollster saying Reid is winning against "nameless, faceless" candidates.

To be certain if the RJ polled Democrat Harry Reid against Republican Sue Lowden and Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian, the numbers would likely be similar. So, how 'bout it, RJ? Why don't you give us a more telling poll next month?

Perhaps the paper is waiting for a dozen or so more of its stories to slam Ashjian and perpetuate the rumor that he's simply doing Reid's bidding.

We would expect better journalism, but we all know that's not the RJ's motivation.

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Both the Sun and RJ have pieces today about the GOP's tenuous relationship with the Tea Party.

Lisa Mascaro in the Sun looks at the broader picture http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/09/conservatives-going-back-contract-wel/ and includes a comment from John Cornyn that "third-party races are not good."

Stephen Tetreault in the RJ focuses entirely on Cornyn -- the GOP Senate campaign boss.

Tetreault gives us the entire Cornyn quote: "It is important for Republicans to the extent possible to channel that energy into our primaries because I think third-party races are not good, and I think that generally will happen."

And the tenor of his article is that the GOP is trying to blunt the impact of the Tea Party candidate in Nevada. http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-campaign-chief-downplays-tea-party-impact-in-nevada-86919317.html