Reuters Corrects Arabic Caption Which Misidentified Palestinian Demonstrator as Israeli
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction of a Reuters caption in Arabic which misidentified a Palestinian participating in clashes at the Gaza border as Israeli.
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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.
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction of a Reuters caption in Arabic which misidentified a Palestinian participating in clashes at the Gaza border as Israeli. 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. CAMERA Arabic Prompts Reuters Correction on Temple Mount Attack
CAMERA Arabic, a new CAMERA initiative, prompts correction of a Reuters Arabic article which erroneously stated that two Israeli soldiers were shot dead in July by the Temple Mount. In fact, they were policemen.
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.
CAMERA Prompts Reuters Correction on Palestinian ‘Ambassador’
CAMERA prompts correction of a Reuters article which erroneously referred to Husam Zomlot, the chief diplomat at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) mission in Washington, as an ambassador. Reuters Corrects Captions: U.S. Embassy Not in Jerusalem
In a change from the usual journalistic misstep in which media outlets frequently misidentify Tel Aviv as Israel's capital, Reuters captions relocated the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. CAMERA prompts correction: The embassy is in Tel Aviv. Reuters Corrects Six Day War Jerusalem Infographic
CAMERA prompts important corrections to Reuters' Six Day War anniversary infographic which had erased Judaism's ties to Jerusalem and omitted the city's Arab population of over 65,000 in 1948 and 1961. Reuters Amends Captions: Palestinian Killed During Violent Clashes
Reuters adds that Palestinian Ahmed al-Remawi was killed "during violent clashes with stone-throwers" after CAMERA protested incomplete captions which stated only that he was "shot and killed by Israeli forces." Forward, Voice of America Correct Headlines on Palestinian Attacks
Following a series of Palestinian attacks over the weekend, CAMERA today prompted corrections of two headlines, in The Forward and in Voice of America, which depicted reported Palestinian assailants as victims. AFP, Reuters Add IDF’s Account to Captions on Disputed Gaza Death
Biased captions by AFP and Reuters about Gaza teen Abdulrahman Al-Dabag noted only the Palestinian charge that Israeli troops shot him dead. Thanks to CAMERA, the agencies add that Israel's army said troops used only tear gas.