Rihanna, Ha’aretz and Palestine
Ha'aretz dedicated a front-page headline to the "news" that Rihanna had demonstrated her pro-Palestinian affiliation at a concert in Tel Aviv. The problem is, it was all a figment of the reporter's imagination.
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CAMERA Prompts Ha’aretz Correction on Gaza Imports
CAMERA withdraws a complaint from the Israel Press Council after Ha'aretz corrects an article which had wrongly reported that Israel barred concrete and steel from entering the Gaza Strip for the last six years. Journalists Trip Over Gaza-Bound Construction Materials
While the AP corrects an article which erroneously reported that Israel hasn't allowed construction materials into Gaza in six years, Ha'aretz has yet to correct its print coverage. After Iranian Twitter Posts, Excitement Overcomes Nuance
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News reports about Twitter posts by Iranian officials caused a stir in the media. But context and skepticism are important in journalism, even when reporters really want to believe. Ha’aretz, Lost in Translation: Nun Too Accurate
In the latest case of "Ha'aretz, Lost in Translation," an online English headline falsely states a Syrian nun points an accusing finger at Israel and the U.S. In reality, her targets were jihadists and the U.S. Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy: Israel is Crueler Than Syria, Libya
Arguing that the Israeli occupation is more brutal than the Syrian or Libyan regimes, Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy calls on Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians to violently revolt.
Ha’aretz Corrects: Netanyahu, Kerry Met in Jerusalem, Not Tel Aviv
CAMERA staff prompts a Ha'aretz correction today of an article which erroneously reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Kerry met last week in Tel Aviv. All of their meetings were in Jerusalem. Ha’aretz’s Laor in Denial on Prisoner Releases
Ha'aretz's Yitzhak Laor takes a page out of Gideon Levy's book and stubbornly denies the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in recent decades. Department of Corrections calls. Ha’aretz Corrects: Rape Victim Was Israeli, Not Palestinian
CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of Ha'aretz's latest "Lost in Translation." The English print edition had incorrectly identified an Israeli girl, now 19, who was raped six years ago by four Palestinians, as Palestinian. Ha’aretz Manipulates Child Casualty Figures
Blaming the IDF for nearly 1,000 child deaths, a Ha'aretz editorial dismisses the Israeli government report on Al Dura as "dubious," "barely serious." But Ha'aretz's own accusations, based on distortions of B'Tselem figures, are just that.