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.
Telegraph corrects article that omitted ICC’s plans to investigate Hamas
Does Teen Vogue Know the Difference Between Iraq and Iran?
Contrary to the teen magazine’s reporting, Qassem Soleimani was killed in Baghdad, which is in Iraq, not Iran.
BBC Arabic Quietly Scrubs Program Promoting Map Which Erased Israel
Following a complaint from CAMERA Arabic, BBC quietly removes an Arabic radio program which had warmly promoted an Israel-free, child-friendly map of "Palestine" from the river to the sea.
CAMERA Prompts NY Times Correction on BDS Goals
CAMERA's correspondence with the New York Times led the paper to correct an editorial that wrongly characterized BDS as merely opposed to the occupation. The BDS campaign seeks to destroy Israel.
AP Corrects: There is Egalitarian Prayer Space at Western Wall
CAMERA prompts correction of an Associated Press article which incorrectly reported that there is no egalitarian prayer area at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Natan Sharansky's plan, abandoned by Prime Minister Netanyahu, was to upgrade and to expand the existing space.
Times of Israel Corrects AP Error on ‘Surrounded’ Bethlehem
CAMERA prompts a Times of Israel correction of an AP article which inaccurately described Bethlehem as "almost completely surrounded by the barrier and a string of Jewish settlements." AP itself has failed to correct.
CAMERA Prompts Washington Post Correction On Tweet Conflating U.K. Labour Party Antisemitism With ‘Palestinian Rights’
CAMERA prompted The Washington Post to delete and correct an inaccurate tweet that falsely conflated Labour Party antisemitism with "Palestinian rights."
Reuters Corrects Arabic Report: BDS Not Illegal in Israel
After CAMERA prompted correction of a Reuters report that Israel has "criminalized" support for the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) campaign, CAMERA Arabic elicits correction of the identical error at Reuters Arabic.