AP’s ‘Palestine’ Correction Reaches Dozens of News Outlets
Lesson learned? A CAMERA-prompted AP correction on "Palestine" terminology appearing in an education story reaches more than 30 secondary media outlets.
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Media Corrections
Accuracy and accountability are among the most important tenets of journalism. In combination, they mean media organizations are expected to publish or broadcast forthright corrections after sharing inaccurate information. The following corrections are among the many prompted by CAMERA’s communication with reporters and editors.
Hamas Attacks and Kills, AP Headline Blames Israel For Testing Ceasefire
In some journalists' looking-glass view, when Palestinians attack Israelis, the ceasefire is not tested and tensions are not roiled. But when Israel dares to respond to the Palestinian attack? It is only at that point, according to this warped depiction, that the tense quiet is shaken and all is no longer well.
Improved AP Headline on Unverified Gaza Fatalities Reaches Dozens of Media Outlets
Associated Press' headline had stated as fact "Israel kills 34 people in Gaza," though the claim is unverified. The improved headline, appearing in dozens of media outlets, now qualifies with attribution, stating "health officials say." (Unmentioned, though, is the Hamas-affiliation of said officials.)
Hamas Tested, Houthi Approved: Rebranding Terrorists as Journalists
With claims of "31 journalists killed," the Iranian-backed Houthis borrow an effective propaganda tactic from Hamas: rebranding terror operatives as journalists. Following communication from CAMERA, AP acknowledges IDF information that Sept. 10 airstrikes in Yemen hit the Houthi's propaganda arm, which trumpets the organization's motto "Death to America; Death to Israel; A Curse upon the Jews."
AP Amends Headline Stating As Fact Unverified Allegation Blaming IDF for Killing Aid Seekers
An AP headline stated as fact the unverified claim that Israeli forces fatally shot four aid seekers: "Israeli forces kill 4 more aid seekers as northern Gaza braces for looming offensive." Following communication from CAMERA, editors added attribution, qualifying the claim as just that.
AP Updates Article After CAMERA Requests Corrections on Jerusalem, Gaza
AP amends after ignoring that the Temple Mount is Judaism's most sacred site. In Gaza Strip coverage, the wire service corrects a headline which upgraded to fact an unverified claim about Israeli military culpability in the death of over 20 aid-seekers and also deletes misleading reporting on the U.N.'s own information regarding theft of humanitarian aid.
Dozens of Corrections Published After AP Erases Convicted Prisoner’s Deadly Crime
CAMERA prompts correction of an AP article which had erased the deadly crime of released Palestinian prisoner Imad Abu Aliya. Nearly 50 secondary media outlets also corrected, clarifying that the terrorist was convicted for intentional manslaughter and incitement, not simply affiliation with Hamas.
AP Clarifies That Houthi Missile Attack On ‘Israeli Military Targets’ Hit School
After parroting without question demonstrably false Houthi propaganda about an attack on "Israeli military targets," the Associated Press has commendably clarified that the ballistic missile hit an elementary school.
AP Removes False Reporting That International Law Gives Palestinians ‘Right of Return’
After CAMERA prompts a significant correction of AP's absurd assertion that "[i]nternational law gives Palestinian refugees and their descendants the right to return to their homes," several dozens secondary media outlets correct.
AP Upgrades Palestinian ‘Right of Return’ Demand to International Law
The so-called "right of return" has been a fundamental Palestinian demand ever since the initial effort to eliminate the nascent state of Israel failed 76 years ago, but now AP has upgraded the unfulfilled aspiration into international law.