Getting it wrong at the Times.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Brief article

In our last issue, we criticized a sub-heading of a New York Times op-ed for saying that the hybrid Prius would not save gas, when the article itself actually only said that the Prius would not save gas on long trips. But doubt has been cast on even that claim by a subsequent experiment conducted by the staff of the "CBS Evening News." They drove an Expedition, an Accord, and a Prius from Miami, Fla., to Boston, Mass. The cost of the gas: Expedition $348, Accord $175, and Prius $141.

They also purchased large quantities of magic markers and poster board.

Back in 1971, this magazine won its first award with an article by former Captain Christopher Pyle, exposing that the U.S. Army had been spying on domestic political groups. The article had an impact. The Army stopped spying.

Now they're back at it. In just the month of March 2005, the Army monitored eight peace demonstrations in American cities...