An item in the City section of today's New York Times reports, "Unlike Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, which have long had a strong presence in the city, in the young and growing Mexican-American population, leadership is up for grabs." Leave aside the grammatical problem with this sentence. Who, according to the Times, is the undisputed leader of the city's Dominicans or Puerto Ricans? The article doesn't say, probably because the assertion is faulty. One sure way to patronize minorities is to depict them as sheep marching faithfully behind undisputed and unelected leaders.
Wrong Date: An article in the Week in Review section of today's New York Times begins, "Thirteen months after the momentous Oslo agreement on a phased process toward peace was signed in Washington on Oct. 19, 1994, a suicide bomber blew up a bus in Tel Aviv." This is written so that it sounds as if the Washington signing was October 19, 1994. In fact, the signing was September 13, 1993; October 1994 was the date of the bombing, not the signing.
Not a Genius: An item in the City section of today's New York Times refers to the "Genius IV version" of the game Trivial Pursuit. The correct name of the game is "Genus," not "Genius."