Boston Globe Corrects Arafat Error
The Boston Globe and columnist H.D.S. Greenway have corrected the erroneous claim that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat died while in a bunker under Israeli siege.
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Media Corrections
Accuracy and accountability are among the most important tenets of journalism. In combination, they mean media organizations are expected to publish or broadcast forthright corrections after sharing inaccurate information. The following corrections are among the many prompted by CAMERA’s communication with reporters and editors.
The Boston Globe and columnist H.D.S. Greenway have corrected the erroneous claim that Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat died while in a bunker under Israeli siege. “Jewish Only Road” Falsehood Corrected
After wrongly referring to "Israel's practice of reserving some roads for Jews," the AP corrected its wording. But not before one newspaper published the erroneous language.CAMERA Requests Clarification About Boston Globe Photo
A Boston Globe article about an Israeli high court ruling allowing Palestinians to sue the Israeli military for damages was accompanied by a misleading photo of three Palestinian children killed by Hamas gunmen. CAMERA Prompts Boston Globe Correction on Gaza Settlers
CAMERA staff prompted the following Boston Globe correction today regarding an article earlier this week which reported as fact what turned out to be a false allegation by a Palestinian official against Israeli settlers in Gaza.
CAMERA Prompts Boston Globe Correction on Greenway Column
In an Aug. 27 Boston Globe column, H.D.S. Greenway erroneously claimed that in a 1996 report written for Benjamin Netanyahu, Richard Perle called for the United States to overthrow Saddam Hussein "to increase Israel's strategic position." CAMERA alerted the Globe that Perle's report made no such suggestion, and a correction ran yesterday.
UPDATED: CAMERA Obtains Corrections on Sharon Plan at AP, Several Newspapers
Several newspapers ran an Associated Press article which incorrectly reported on West Bank troop withdrawals under Ariel Sharon's separation plan. In response to communications from CAMERA, the AP and at least five newspapers have set the record straight.
Updated: AP Finally Corrects
July 2 update follows. The foreign desk at the Associated Press wire service apparently has no mechanism in place to correct factual errors. Over the last year, evidence regarding more than half a dozen straight-forward substantive errors was passed from editor to editor until it fell by the wayside. This was the case in a June 10 error by correspondent Ali Daraghmeh, who falsely reported that in the West Bank, "Israel does not allow Palestinian officers to patrol in uniform."
CAMERA Prompts Boston Globe Correction on Legality of Settlements
CAMERA prompted the following correction by the Boston Globe clarifying the U.S. government's position on the legality of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, a contentious and frequently misrepresented topic.
CAMERA Prompts Correction of Herbert Kelman Op-Ed in Boston Globe
CAMERA obtained the following correction noting that Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo, architects of the Geneva Accords, are former Cabinet ministers. In an op-ed, Herbert Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Research Professor of Social Ethics and co-chair of the Middle East Seminar at Harvard University, misidentified them as current Cabinet members.
UPDATED CAMERA ALERT: Inaccurate Terms in Coverage of Bush Statement
Many news reports about Bush's April 14 statements regarding refugees and settlements in the West Bank and Gaza include prejudicial, distorted and/or inaccurate language.
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