A Marino clarification

In catching up on some research, we noticed a subtle but important mistake we made that requires clarification. As per the usual reminder, you can see all our corrections and clarifications by clicking on p•At least two articles in September (a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/the-press-room-a-radio-host-wont-let-marino-escape-denaples/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fthe-press-room-a-radio-host-wont-let-marino-escape-denaples%2F','here')" target="_blank"here/a and a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/marino-says-he-cant-release-doj-letter-as-report-indicates-it-doesnt-exist/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fmarino-says-he-cant-release-doj-letter-as-report-indicates-it-doesnt-exist%2F','here')" target="_blank">here) implied incorrectly that Republican Tom Marino said during an April radio interview that he would released a…

September 20, 2010 at 11:42 am | Comments (0)

A timing correction

This was a pretty stupid error to make. As usual, a reminder that you can always view all our corrections and clarifications by clicking on

September 1, 2010 at 2:57 pm | Comments (0)

Corrections and clarifications

It’s time for an overdue corrections column. A reminder that you can always view all of our corrections and clarifications by clicking on p•a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/report-dscc-spending-more-than-4m-on-the-senate-race/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F08%2Freport-dscc-spending-more-than-4m-on-the-senate-race%2F','An+article+and+corresponding+headline+on+Aug.+23+about+spending+in+the+Senate+race')" target="_blank"An article and corresponding headline on Aug. 23 about spending in the Senate race/a misleadingly described how much money the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will spend. It has made ad buys and airtime reservations totaling about $4.4 million, but it has not committed itself to definitely spending that entire amount./p
p•a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/williams-voucher-donors-staying-on-the-sidelines/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fwilliams-voucher-donors-staying-on-the-sidelines%2F','An+article+on+Aug.+20+about+wealthy+donors+who+will+stay+on+the+sidelines+in+the+gubernatorial')" target="_blank">An article on Aug. 20 about wealthy donors who will stay on the sidelines in the gubernatorial race carried an incorrect byline. It was written by Laura Goldman, not Rikard Larma.

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August 26, 2010 at 6:30 am | Comments (0)

Some corrections

There are a few errors we’ve made in the last couple weeks that needed to be fixed. So here’s an overdue corrections column. But first, a reminder that you can always view all our corrections and clarifications by clicking p•a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/07/corbett-campaign-lit-displayed-on-ag-booth-at-county-fair/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fcorbett-campaign-lit-displayed-on-ag-booth-at-county-fair%2F','An+article+Thursday+about+Tom+Corbett+for+Governor+campaign+literature+displayed+at+an+official+Attorney+General%22s+office+booth')" target="_blank"An article Thursday about Tom Corbett for Governor campaign literature displayed at an official Attorney General’s office booth /aoriginally misstated the location where a photo of that table was taken. It was taken at the Bradford County Fair in Troy, not the Troy County Fair in Bradford (there is no Troy County in Pennsylvania)./p
p•a href="http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=76fb50d6db74740766bfa829f&id=00a182d5f8" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://us1.campaign-archive.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fus1.campaign-archive.com%2F%3Fu%3D76fb50d6db74740766bfa829f%26amp%3Bid%3D00a182d5f8','An+edition+of+The+First+Read+on+Tuesday')" target="_blank">An edition of The First Read on Tuesday incorrectly identified Bill DeWeese as a former state Representative. He is still in office and seeking reelection.

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July 29, 2010 at 2:05 pm | Comments (0)

Revisiting Research 2000

Late last month, Daily Kos made a claim that naturally caught our eye: The liberal Web site pemDaily Kos/em cited an independent investigation and said it would sue, while a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39497.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0710%2F39497.html','Research+2000+denied+wrongdoing+but+soon+took+down+its+Web+site')" target="_blank"Research 2000 denied wrongdoing but soon took down its Web site/a.em Daily Kos/em founder Markos Moulitsas wrote: “We were defrauded by Research 2000, and while we don’t know if some or all of the data was fabricated or manipulated beyond recognition, we know we can’t trust it.”/p
pConsidering our propensity here at empa2010.com/em to report any little morsel of polling data we can get our hands on, it seemed prudent to look back at our reporting of Research 2000 surveys, so we deployed the staff to do a little research./p
pBetween August 2009 and May 2010, empa2010.com/em published at least five articles about emDaily Kos/em/Research 2000 polls. From the limited sample size we examined, it was difficult to discern any pattern of discrepancies between Research 2000 surveys and other polls conducted about the same time. Sometimes, the results were in line with other public polling data. Other times, the results differed, but by statistically insignificant margin./p
pRegardless, it is important the record be corrected. Because of that, updates that mention emDaily Kos’/em disavowal of Research 2000 have been appended to all the stories in question. This post has also been added to our a href="http://www.pa2010.com/tag/corrections/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Ftag%2Fcorrections%2F','Corrections+page')" target="_blank">Corrections page.

For those polling junkies who want to do their own investigation, we’ve included a list of the stories in question below. Please e-mail us if you find that we missed anything important.

a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/03/corbett-still-up-over-dem-opponents/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fcorbett-still-up-over-dem-opponents%2F','Corbett+still+up+over+Dem+opponents')" target="_blank"Corbett still up over Dem opponents/abr /
a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/03/specter-leads-toomey-by-6-in-new-poll/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fspecter-leads-toomey-by-6-in-new-poll%2F','Specter+leads+Toomey+by+6+in+new+poll')" target="_blank">Specter leads Toomey by 6 in new poll

July 20, 2010 at 11:03 am | Comments (1)

A fundraising correction

The second FEC quarter can be confusing, because it’s actually less than a quarter of a year. Officially, it refers to the day after the pre-primary reporting period closes (April 29) and the end of June. But campaigns sometimes also refer to the second quarter as the actual second quarter of the year, April 1 through June 30.

In the case of one recent story, we got a little confused, so there’s a correction below.…

July 13, 2010 at 11:17 am | Comments (1)

More editing errors, and how we’ll fix ‘em

Yours truly had another screw up last week, the kind that reflects poorly on our hard-working reporters. We recently pWith that in mind, we’re announcing a couple new editorial policies we think will help./p
pBut first, the latest clarification…

June 28, 2010 at 6:45 am | Comments (3)

Clarifications (of the editing kind)

We had a couple recent slip-ups created not by our intrepid reporters, but by yours truly during the editing process. It’s important that our people in the field not be blamed for mistakes that aren’t of their making, and that’s why corrections or clarifications of this nature always start by saying they happened “because of an editing error…”

A reminder that you can always view all corrections and clarifications by clicking on full story

June 14, 2010 at 10:15 am | Comments (0)

Corrections (of the more embarrassing kind)

Despite the slow news week, there are a couple particularly shameful errors that call for corrections. A reminder that you can always view all corrections by clicking on pAn article Tuesday cited a report by emFishbowlDC/em that said emCNN/em chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta was supporting 6th District Democratic candidate Manan Trivedi. The Web site has since published a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/correction_another_dr_gupta_promoting_congressional_candidate_162651.asp" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.mediabistro.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediabistro.com%2FfishbowlDC%2Fnetworks%2Fcorrection_another_dr_gupta_promoting_congressional_candidate_162651.asp','a+correction')" target="_blank"a correction/a noting that the Sanjay…

May 25, 2010 at 7:16 pm | Comments (2)

Corrections

A few mistakes this week that needed fixing. A reminder that you can see all corrections and clarifications by clicking on pa href="../2010/05/leftovers-tea-party-for-dent-manchin-for-critz-unitepa-for-rohrer/" target="_blank"A leftovers blog post on Monday/a originally misstated the given name of the Republican primary opponent challenging Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15). He is Mat Benol, not Sam./p
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/05/another-50k-loan-for-huber/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fanother-50k-loan-for-huber%2F','An+article+on+Tuesday+about+another+%2450%2C000+that+Republican+congressional+candidate+Paul+Huber+loaned+his+campaign')" target="_blank"An article on Tuesday about another $50,000 that Republican congressional candidate Paul Huber loaned…

May 6, 2010 at 11:35 pm | Comments (0)