Alhurra, the U.S. government-funded Arabic-language network, has announced that it will work with CAMERA to improve its journalistic practices and coverage of critical Middle East issues.
After Alhurra repeatedly reported as fact Hamas' claim that it accepted a ceasefire proposal, CAMERA prompts the publicly-funded American Arabic-language network to add the State Department's unequivocal response: "Hamas did not accept a ceasefire proposal."
In response to communication from CAMERA, Times of Israel and Alhurra amend their coverage on Omar Kattin, killed in unclear circumstances last week as settlers rampaged in Turmas Ayya, to note that Hamas claimed his as its "martyred hero."
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction at Alhurra after the U.S. news outlet republished an Arabic AFP article which failed to report that two Palestinian fatalities were members of Islamic Jihad, a designated terror group.
Rather than correct an Arabic article which falsely depicted the undisputed archeological fact of the Jewish temple's presence on the Temple Mount as nothing more than a Jewish belief, AFP erased all mention of Judaism's connection to the site.
CAMERA Arabic puts the breaks on the omnipresent Arabic media formulation falsely casting Tel Aviv as Israel's capital, prompting 17 corrections in two months.
After inflating the extent of the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel, both Alhurra and BBC Arabic have corrected, bringing the disagreement around the Karish gas field back down to its proper proportions.
CAMERA Arabic prompts both Agence France Presse's Arabic service and U.S. government Arabic broadcaster Alhurra to correct erroneous references to 1967 East Jerusalem as “the Palestinian portion of the city.”
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction of an Alhurra report which repeatedly referred to Israelis in the Golan Heights as "settlers," contradicting U.S. foreign policy.
While CBC contorts itself to avoid stating that the newly uncovered Dead Sea scrolls were found in Israel, Alhurra yesterday published a straightforward correction of its Arabic report.
