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 CAMERA contacted USA Today editors about a story which wrongfully claimed a ‘lull’ in Palestinian terror attacks, the paper issued a correction and the reporter thanked CAMERA.
CAMERA's Washington DC office prompts correction of a USA Today article in which the Green Line, an armistice line, was incorrectly described as an internationally recognized border. CAMERA commends USA Today for its correction of an article which grossly understated the number of Palestinians entering Israel for work and medical treatment.
CAMERA staff elicited a correction in USA Today regarding a news article which incorrectly identified the location of the 1967 armistice line. The error and correction follow: CAMERA obtained the following correction at USA Today clarifying that Palestinians targeted pre-1967 Israel, as well as settlements with their rocket attacks.