Yesterday, we posted on X, tagging Sky News journalist Yalda Hakim about her April 11 interview with Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon, in which she falsely claimed, in her opening question, that the IDF had killed “300 civilians” in Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
Tellingly, even Al Jazeera and the pro-Hamas British site MEMO were clear that the death toll released by Lebanon’s Health Ministry (which is run by a Hezbollah member) didn’t include a break-down of civilians and combatants.
The Sky journalist replied to our X post, acknowledging the error, while suggesting that no formal correction needs to be issued.
However, Ofcom, which regulates Sky News, is clear that “Significant mistakes in news should normally be acknowledged and corrected on air quickly.” The fact that Israel’s ambassador had the opportunity to respond to Hakim’s false claim doesn’t obviate Sky’s responsibility to report accurately, and set the record straight.
As such, we contacted Sky News requesting that they broadcast a timely on-air correction.
This post originally appeared at CAMERA UK.