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.
CAMERA prompts correction of a Haaretz headline which wrongly stated that an American court overruled the conviction of Palestinian Rasmieh Odeh in an immigration fraud case. The court vacated, or voided, the conviction. Politico has yet to correct. In the latest "Haaretz, Lost in Translation," a Knesset session on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict becomes a session on coverage of "terrorism and occupation."
CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction today of the latest mistranslation in Haaretz's English edition. The article incorrectly stated that an Eritrean asylum seeker was by "beaten to death" during an attack in Be'er Sheva. CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of a Haaretz editorial which falsely stated that Israeli Justice Minister Ayalet Shaked's bill calls for jailing 12-year-olds. Editors have yet to correct a headline and Op-Ed. Haaretz English edition corrects erroneous headlines which falsely alleged settlers "torched" a Palestinian grove in Hebron. Meanwhile, will Peter Beinart retract his tweet about a "Lag Ba'omer pogrom?" Haaretz corrects a photo caption which wrongly identified the central Israeli city of Modi'in as next to the West Bank barrier. The error is the latest "Haaretz, Lost in Translation." CAMERA's Israel office today prompts correction of an Op-Ed by Hebrew University political scientist Shlomo Avineri who erroneously wrote yesterday that Nelson Mandela "never visited Israel" Presspectiva, CAMERA's Hebrew affiliate, today prompts Ha'aretz corrections in both English and Hebrew on a Moshe Arens Op-Ed which incorrectly stated that the EU's Horizon 2020 initiative would prohibit funding to Israeli scientists residing over the Green Line.
Following communication from CAMERA, Ha'aretz today corrects an article which had downgraded the life sentences of Palestinian prisoners. But a page-one photo caption also today whitewashes the murders carried out by the prisoners.