NY Times Fixes Subhead Assigning West Bank to Palestinians
Not long after the news pages corrected prejudicial language about the disposition of the West Bank, the Opinion pages fixed a similar error.
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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.
Amid Pandemic, CAMERA Prompts Unprecedented Number of News Corrections
In April, with the global battle to contain the spread of Covid-19 in full swing, CAMERA elicited a record 27 corrections in a variety of news outlets: from major media including The New York Times, Associated Press and NBC, to non-Western and alternative news sources.
CAMERA Prompts NY Times Correction on West Bank Status
The New York Times corrects after taking sides in the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over the West Bank.
NY Times Corrects: Green Line Not “Drawn in 1967”
CAMERA secures a correction after the New York Times described the armistice line between the West Bank and Israel as a border "drawn in 1967."
CAMERA Prompts NY Times Correction on BDS Goals
CAMERA's correspondence with the New York Times led the paper to correct an editorial that wrongly characterized BDS as merely opposed to the occupation. The BDS campaign seeks to destroy Israel.
AP Improves Coverage on Facebook Sanctions For Netanyahu
CAMERA prompts improved after AP incorrectly reported that Facebook suspended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's account for a post saying "Arabs want to annihilate us." A New York Times Op-Ed by Raja Shehadeh also errs.
For NY Times Critic, a Jerusalem Cleansed of Jews More Authentic Than Today’s City
When the New York Times architecture critic takes aim at plans for a cable car in Jerusalem, is the problem the structures themselves, or who is building them?
NY Times Corrects on BDS: It’s Not Merely Anti-Occupation
After corresponding with CAMERA staff, the New York Times corrected a story that had falsely characterized the BDS campaign as seeking only an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.
NY Times Grossly Overstates Number of 1948 Refugees Served by UNRWA
A New York Times story on UNRWA claims that the UN agency serves "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians who fled or were expelled in 1948. In fact, no more than some 30,000 from the original refugees are still living.
In New York Times Israel Coverage, Anything Goes
A photo caption misidentifies a billboard showing the Prime Minister alongside far-right politicians as "a campaign ad for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies." In fact, it's an ad for the competing Blue and White party, keen to paint Netanyahu as a close ally of extremists.