CAMERA Prompts Improved Coverage of Palestinian Casualties
After receiving communication from CAMERA indicating that even a Palestinian NGO didn't support the Palestinian government's claim that 60 were killed since July, Reuters refiles the story.
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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.
After receiving communication from CAMERA indicating that even a Palestinian NGO didn't support the Palestinian government's claim that 60 were killed since July, Reuters refiles the story.
CAMERA Clarifies About Reuters, Shuafat
CAMERA rescinds a correction request given that Reuters was referring to building plans in the Shuafat refugee camp and not in a separate Jerusalem neighborhood of the same name. CAMERA Prompts Improvement at Reuters
In response to communication from CAMERA staff, Reuters has updated a feature article by Cynthia Johnston to correct the misinformation that the Gaza Stip is the most densely populated place on earth. The original and improved versions of the report, entitled "In Gaza, Palestinians pitch tents to claim land," follow:
CAMERA Prompts Reuters, Globe Corrections on Divestment
After erroneously claiming in an Oct. 13 story that the United Church of Christ "rejected divestment," Reuters and the Boston Globe have corrected the error.
Updated: All Three Media Outlets Which Overstated Aid to Israel Have Corrected
Reuters, CNN, and the Washington Times all misreported the amount of U.S. aid Israel to help compensate for damage caused by Iraqi missiles during the Gulf War. All three eventually corrected.
UPDATED: September 27, 2004–Reuters: News Agency or PR Firm for Terrorists?
September 27 update follows. Ever since Reuter's notorious editorial decision not to call terrorists "terrorists" was affirmed following the 9/11 attacks, the news agency has zealously adhered to a policy of softening the face of terrorism. In reporting on the September 22 suicide bombing in Jerusalem's French Hill, it has gone a step further.
Dissembling Demolitions
Why do photo services feature images of forlorn Palestinian children scampering across rubble if the structures were uninhabited?
Have Reuters Photos Improved?
Additional Reuters Corrections
Some additional Reuters corrections prompted by CAMERA.