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.
CNBC commendably amends after opaquely reporting that the Orthodox Judaism of Jack Lew, nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, "should help ease the Senate confirmation process."
CAMERA secured a correction from CNBC after Shepard Smith mistakenly claimed "UN Security Council has said the Israeli occupation is a ‘flagrant violation’ under international law."
NBC has corrected an erroneous reference to 3400-year-old pottery originating from "Palestine." The did not take on the name "Palestine" until more than 1500 years later.