Wall Street Journal Corrects on ‘Palestinian Territory’
CAMERA prompts correction of a front-page photo caption at the Wall Street Journal which erroneously referred to disputed West Bank land as "Palestinian territory."
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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 Prompts Wall Street Journal Correction on Temple Mount
After CAMERA contacted Wall Street Journal editors, the newspaper corrected misleading language that omitted the role of the Temple Mount in Judaism, even while describing the site as sacred to Christians and Muslims. WSJ Corrects Headline About New Israeli “Settlements”
The Wall Street Journal is the second media outlet this week to correct an erroneous headline falsely claiming that Israel announced plans to build new settlements. Detroit News Corrects False Claim About “200 Settlements,” WSJ Does Not
Credit goes to the Detroit News straightforwardly correcting its error. Why hasn't the Wall Street Journal done the same? CAMERA Prompts Wall Street Journal Correction on Aid to PA
CAMERA commends the Wall Street Journal for its correction of an article that misled on the status of payments to the Palestinian Authority. Wall Street Journal Corrects Map Calling West Bank ‘Palestine’
In response to communication from CAMERA staff, Wall Street Journal editors promptly correct a map which referred to the West Bank as "Palestine." They also correct a caption which likewise identified the Gaza Strip as "Palestine." Wall Street Journal Corrects on U.N. Truck Incident
The Journal initially relayed a United Nations claim that Israel fired on and killed a UN worker without pointing out that an Israeli investigation showed otherwise. The newspaper commendably corrected this error of omission. CAMERA Staff, Members Obtain Wall Street Journal Correction on U.N. Resolution 242
CAMERA staff and members elicited the following correction regarding the common misconception that U.N. Resolution 242 calls on Israel to withdraw from all territories captured in the 1967 war. The resolution does not specify to what extent Israel should withdraw.
Road Map Corrections
With past Israeli-Palestinian peace plans, the media tended to minimize or ignore Palestinian obligations while highlighting or exaggerating Israeli obligations.
Wall Street Journal Falsely Charges Israeli Arson of al-Aqsa Mosque
A news article in the Wall Street Journal (11/13) falsely charges that in 1969 an Israeli tried to burn down the al-Aqsa Mosque, when, in fact, the arson was committed by a tourist, a fundamentalist Protestant from Australia. It should also be noted that Muslim bystanders attacked Israeli firemen as they struggled to save the mosque.
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