UN’s Robert Serry Misleads Media on Pre-Easter Procession
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CAMERA Prompts Improved Coverage of Palestinian Casualties
After receiving communication from CAMERA indicating that even a Palestinian NGO didn't support the Palestinian government's claim that 60 were killed since July, Reuters refiles the story.
Why Israel Insists on Palestinian Recognition of a Jewish State
Recent headlines and political statements have suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request for recognition as a Jewish state is a new and unnecessary requirement by Israel. Why is Israel so insistent upon it? Ha’aretz Corrects Jewish State Error
Now that Ha'aretz has commendably corrected the erroneous claim that Netanyahu was the first Israeli PM to demand Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, will Reuters and The New York Times follow suit? CAMERA Clarifies About Reuters, Shuafat
CAMERA rescinds a correction request given that Reuters was referring to building plans in the Shuafat refugee camp and not in a separate Jerusalem neighborhood of the same name. Misled by Bimkom, Reuters Must Correct on Shuafat Building
Relying on the NGO Bimkom, Reuters incorrectly reports that there have been no building plans and no legal building in Shuafat in 45 years. A spokeswoman for Jerusalem's engineering department responds with the facts. Reuters Simple and Wrong: Partition in Jerusalem
Reuters posits that the barrier in eastern Jerusalem has heightened partition of the city. Readers need not be confused by the contradictory fact that Arab families are moving into Jewish neighborhoods and increasing their ties to Israel. Updated: In Gaza, Macabre Manipulations of a Child Victim
Once again, media outlets categorically blame Israel for the death of a Palestinian child killed in "hotly disputed" circumstances. AFP and AP captions ignore information pointing to an errant Palestinian rocket as the culprit, and Reuters issues a commendable clarification. ‘Occupied’ or ‘Disputed’ Depends on Israel’s Involvement
What's the difference -- in news media coverage -- between Kashmir and the West Bank? It seems to be that, for the press, the former is "disputed" territory but the latter is "occupied." Yet sovereignty over the West Bank most definitely is unresolved and disputed. Reuters Cites Fringe Voices on UNESCO
Susan Cornwell's otherwise straightforward news account cited two far-left Jewish groups criticizing the U.S. de-funding of UNESCO and omitted statements, such as that by the mainstream Conference of Presidents, that applauded U.S. action.