DPA Fixes Captions Which Cited Hamas’ Fatality Claims as Fact
DPA commendably deletes references to Hamas' unverified figure for Gaza casualties which multiple captions has reported as fact and without attribution to the terror organization.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA)
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DPA Correct Captions: No Israeli Areas in Gaza
The German news agency clarifies its captions to note that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel, not at "Israeli areas in the Gaza Strip."
Wave of Media Errors, Corrections Follows Malawi Announcement on Jerusalem Embassy
News coverage of Malawi's announcement about opening an embassy in Jerusalem included a flurry of inaccurate articles, most misreporting that the nation would be the first African nation to open an embassy in the capital. While Malawi be the only African nation with an embassy in Jerusalem, several others existed in the past, and were closed after the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
DPA Corrects Erroneous Captions on ‘Palestinian Territories’
CAMERA prompts correction of multiple photo captions after the German news agency erroneously referred to disputed West Bank land where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to extend sovereignty as "Palestinian territories."
After “Alleged” Rocket Attacks, DPA Reports “So-Called” Burning Balloons
A month after amending photo captions which had cited hundreds of Palestinian rockets "allegedly" fired at Israel, the German Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) wire service dismisses incendiary devices launched by Palestinians in Gaza as "so-called" burning balloons, as if they're not actually just that.
DPA Corrects Captions: Rocket Attacks On Israel Are Actual, Not Alleged
CAMERA prompts correction of numerous Deutsche Presse-Agentur photo captions today which erroneously referred to hundreds of rocket attacks on Israel as "alleged," as if it wasn't yet certain that Gaza terrorists have carried out hundreds of these attacks since yesterday morning.
AP, DPA and Haaretz Correct Captions on Ibrahim Abu Thuraya
CAMERA prompts corrections at AP, DPA and Haaretz's English edition, where captions stated as fact that Israel was responsible for Ibrahim Abu Thuraya's death, despite unclear circumstances. The captions also wrongly said he lost his legs in an Israeli bombing. DPA Corrects Inflated Figure For Gaza’s Population
CAMERA prompts correction of a Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) photo caption which significantly overstated the Gaza Strip's population as "around three million." The correct figure is less than two million.
DPA Corrects: Jerusalem in Israel, Not Palestinian Territories
CAMERA prompts correction of a DPA (Deusche Presse-Agentur)photo caption which erroneously placed Jerusalem, Israel's capital, in the Palestinian territories. DPA, AP Correct: Lebanon, not Libya, Borders Israel
The changing Middle East is only so changed. Lebanon, not Libya, still borders Israel in the north. CAMERA prompts corrections of AP and DPA photo captions.