AP Amends Map With Golan Heights
Following communication from CAMERA's Israel office, AP editors amend an online map which had placed the Golan Heights within Syria.
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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.
Following communication from CAMERA's Israel office, AP editors amend an online map which had placed the Golan Heights within Syria. CAMERA Prompts Improved AP Language on Corrie
Based on information forwarded to them by CAMERA, AP editors commendably resent a story correcting inaccurate language about Rachel Corrie’s death. Gaza Photo Controversy: Corrections and Lessons
Four months after Gaza-Israel fighting, media again backtrack on reports which had unequivocally blamed Israel for the death of a Palestinian child. The AP and Washington Post issue corrections on Omar Masharawi. The LA Times does not. LA Times Is Latest to Correct Gaza Imports Error
Following earlier corrections by AP and the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times is the latest media outlet to correct the falsehood that Israel had not allowed building materials to enter Gaza in recent years. CAMERA Prompts AP Correction on Construction Materials for Gaza
CAMERA elicits a commendable AP clarification regarding an article which falsely stated that Israel for years banned construction materials from entering Gaza. The ban applied only to the private sector. The U.N. cites 41,041 truckloads since June 2010. AP Revises Caption About Palestinian Prisoner’s Violence
After communication with CAMERA, the Associated Press revised a photo caption which grossly understated the terror acts and which severely exaggerated the prison sentence of Hamuda Saleh, one of the prisoners released last week. AP Clarifies Jordan Refugee Numbers
The Associated Press published a clarification after having used language that dramatically inflated the number of Palestinian refugees who took refuge in Jordan. AP Clarifies Misinformation on Palestinian Whistleblower
The AP issues a clarification after reporting that Fahmi Shabaneh, the Palestinian whistleblower who exposed widespread corruption on the part of top Palestinian Authority officials, had been fired two years ago. “Jewish Only Road” Falsehood Corrected
After wrongly referring to "Israel's practice of reserving some roads for Jews," the AP corrected its wording. But not before one newspaper published the erroneous language.CAMERA Staff Prompts Correction on AP Photo Caption
As a result of CAMERA's correspondence with AP, the wire service corrects a photo caption which falsely stated that a Palestinian protester has "passed out" from tear gas fired by Israeli troops.