MSNBC corrections and clarifications

In a Nov. 3 story, The Associated Press reported that the total value of Berkshire Hathaway's planned purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. was $34 billion. The story should have specified that Berkshire has agreed to pay $26.3 billion in cash and stock for the 77.4 percent of the company it doesn't now own, valuing the entire company at $34 billion.

In an Oct. 21 article on prescription labels, The Associated Press erroneously described the Novartis drug Zometa. Zometa was approved in 2001 to treat excessive calcium levels. And the drug was approved only in a 4 milligram dose.

In an Oct. 13 story on binge drinking among college students, msnbc.com incorrectly reported the name of a college where a 20-year-old student had died.

In an Oct. 8 story on health care quality by state, Reuters incorrectly named the group that produced the study cited in the article. The name of the organization is the Commonwealth Fund.

In a story published Oct. 4 on high-paying professions that are in demand, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of jobs the Labor Department says have been lost since the recession began in December 2007. The correct figure is 7.2 million, not 7.6 million. Also, the story incorrectly described a PricewaterhouseCoopers employee. Rod Adams is a leading recruiter, not the leading recruiter. The story has been corrected.

In a TODAY Show interview on Wednesday, Sept. 24, following a report on potentially misleading advertising materials for the prescription drug Latisse, actress and Allergan spokesperson Brooke Shields incorrectly stated that there were no side effects seen in the clinical trials of the product. Side effects have been documented in such trials and consumers should go to http://latisse.com for detailed safety information.

A Sept. 18 Washington Post article published on msnbc.com about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly because its voter-registration drives bring Latinos and African Americans to the polls. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O'Keefe, did not specifically mention them.

A Sept. 22 story about airline fees incorrectly stated that Alaska Airlines expects to generate $700 million in revenue in one year by adding a $15 fee for the first checked bag. The correct figure is $70 million. The story has been corrected.

In a July 31 story about doctors who own their own scanning equipment to conduct tests, the initial headline mischaracterized some tests as “useless” or “needless.” The story did not characterize the tests that way.

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