BOB GARFIELD: And now for a few corrections. The first is from veteran CBS newsman, Morley Safer, about our discussion of Pham Xuan An, the great Time Magazine reporter who later revealed himself to be a spy for North Vietnam. Safer writes, "You identified the person who started a college fund for An's son as David McCullough, a historian. The man who started it was Frank McCullough, former Saigon bureau chief for Time. You also stated it as if this was a fund that was just being started. In fact, it ended a good decade or more ago when the young man graduated from UNC. An's first public revelation that he worked for North Vietnamese intelligence appeared in my book, Flashbacks on Returning to Vietnam, published in 1990."

BROOKE GLADSTONE: Darrel Plant had a correction about our discussion of ad campaigns launched by two candidates in New Jersey. He writes, "When you were talking with Bob Hennelly about the Menendez race in New Jersey last week, he said that Menendez, quote, 'had the distinction of being one of the few House members to vote against the resolution used by President Bush as a justification for war.' In actuality, 126 Democratic members of the House voted against H.R. 114, to, quote, 'authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq,' along with six Republicans and one Independent. That was a solid majority of the Democrats in the House. Eighty-one voted for the resolution and one abstained."

BOB GARFIELD: And yet another correction, this one concerning our commentary on the 50th anniversary of the TV remote control. It comes from Mark Schubin of New York City, who writes, "I hate to do any nitpicking, but I believe it's important to preserve the accuracy of my favorite news program; 2006 isn't the 50th anniversary of the television remote control, the wireless television remote control, or even Zenith's wireless television remote control. It is the 50th anniversary of Zenith's Space Command wireless remote control, invented, as you correctly noted, by Dr. Robert Adler. A year earlier, in 1955, Zenith introduced the Flashmatic wireless television remote control, invented by Eugene Polley. That was the first wireless television remote control. Zenith came up with the first wired remote control, the Lazy Bones, in 1950."

BROOKE GLADSTONE: Thanks to all those listeners willing to speak truth to power- or, at least, to me and Bob. Keep those corrections coming to onthemedia@wync.org, and don't forget to tell us where you live and how to pronounce your name. [MUSIC UP AND UNDER]