For the record - Aug. 20, 2010

Google TV: An article in Wednesday’s Section A about Google TV said Google sells search terms for online advertising to the highest bidder through an auction system. In fact, factors in addition to price are used to determine winning bids, such as an ad’s relevancy to the search term. The article also said Google refuses to block access to bootleg movies and television shows. The company says Google TV will not support access to downloads of pirated movies and TV shows but will not filter out sites that offer pirated video streams.

Tom McClintock: A Business column Wednesday about a lawsuit regarding control of the Kern Water Bank project erred in listing Thousand Oaks as the residence of U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock. The Republican lived in Thousand Oaks when he was a state lawmaker, but he now resides in Granite Bay in Northern California, where he has represented the 4th Congressional District since January 2009. The Times committed the same error in articles on May 17 and 26 this year.

Governor’s spokesman: In George Skelton’s column about state budget negotiations in Thursday’s Section A, the name of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s press secretary, Aaron McLear, was misspelled as McClear. The mistake also appeared on July 18 and Aug. 31 in 2007; July 9, 2008; and March 27 and Sept. 21 in 2009.

National monument candidates: Two photographs accompanying a Travel section article on Sunday about areas in the Western United States that may become national monuments were mislabeled. Both photographs appeared on the section’s front page. The largest photograph, labeled Berryessa-Snow Mountain, was Cascade-Siskiyou. The photo labeled Cascade-Siskiyou was Berryessa-Snow Mountain.

‘Lottery Ticket’: An article in Thursday’s Calendar about the movie “Lottery Ticket” misspelled the name of Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh as Cavanaugh.