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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.

 

September 17, 2018

Hamas’ Account of a Boy’s Death: A Media Litmus Test

When the Israeli army disputed Hamas' account which blamed Israel for the death of 12-year-old Shady Abdel-Aal, AP rose to the journalistic challenge with accurate coverage. Reuters responsibly corrected when presented with information contradicting Hamas. AFP, in contrast, has yet to correct even as Hamas itself has backtracked.
July 18, 2018

Reuters Corrects About Israel’s Capital, New Law About Speakers in Schools

CAMERA prompts Reuters to correct after an article erroneously referred to Tel Aviv as shorthand for Israel. The news agency also corrected a headline which inaccurately stated that a new Israeli laws "bans some left-wing groups," while the law in question also affects right-wing groups which take action against Israel's army.
June 5, 2018

CAMERA Prompts Improved Reuters Captions on Palestinian Arson Attacks

Reuters captions early this week about the devastation in southern Israel caused by Palestinian "kite terror" ignored the fires' cause. In response to CAMERA's communication, subsequent captions note "Palestinians have been causing blazes by flying kites and balloons loaded with flammable materials."
May 28, 2018

Reuters Corrects on Temple Mount Remains

CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of a Reuters feature on Jerusalem which wrongly reported that the Western Wall is the only surviving above ground remain from the Temple Mount.
May 15, 2018

Reuters Fixes Language on 1948 Palestinian Refugees, LA Times Doesn’t

Yesterday The Los Angeles Times and Reuters both departed from their usual language which acknowledges that among the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced in 1948, some fled and some were driven out. While Reuters has updated, The Times has yet to address its misleading passage which noted only those who were driven out, ignoring the majority who fled of their own accord, often at their leaders' behest.
April 3, 2018

CAMERA Prompts Reuters Correction About Israel’s Capital

CAMERA prompted a Reuters correction in a story about Saudi acknowledgement of a Jewish right to self-determination in Israel. The story originally referred to a rapprochement between "Riyadh and Tel Aviv" to denote the seats of the governments of Saudi Arabia and Israel.
February 22, 2018

Reuters Corrects on Entebbe Hijacking

After the plane was diverted, the hijackers targeted Jews and not only Israelis, as Reuters had claimed. CAMERA prompted Reuters to correct its mistake.