Haaretz Corrects After Mischaracterizing Hostages As ‘Prisoners’
CAMERA prompts correction at Haaretz after the English edition misidentified hostages held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip as "prisoners."
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.
CNN Corrects Amanpour’s Egregious Error on Soroka Hospital
In a recent video, posted on CNN’s TikTok and YouTube “Shorts” channels, Amanpour claimed that an Iranian ballistic missile struck “near a hospital” in Beer Sheva. In fact, the missile slammed directly into the Soroka Medical Center, destroying the hospital’s surgical ward.
New York Magazine’s Intelligencer Corrects Caption on ‘Israel’s Strike on Ramat Gan in Iran’
New York Magazine's Intelligencer, which promises "essential reporting and trenchant insight," relocated Ramat Gan from central Israel to Iran. And it blamed Israel, not Iran, for a strike on the Israeli neighborhood in which
Dozens of Yom Hazikaron Corrections: Hamas, Not Israel, Launched War
On Israel's Memorial Day, CAMERA prompts corrections at dozens of McClatchy news sites after a United Press International wire service article falsely claimed that Israel had started war with Hamas in October 2023.
NY Times Amends Headline That Defended Extremist and Misrepresented Jewish Students
After CAMERA's intervention, a New York Times headline that had claimed a performance by the singer Kehlani was cancelled due to her support of Palestinians was amended, and now acknowledges that it was because student concerns over her antisemitism.
Israeli Media Walk Back Claims Of IDF-Approved Passover Hiking Tours in Syria
The Jerusalem Post is to be commended for entirely withdrawing an article which had wrongly reported that Passover hikers passed over the border into Syria. And while Haaretz slightly readjusted its navigational heading, Ynet remains stuck in the mud.
Delayed Fog of War Onset: Media Regress on Al-Ahli Hospital Blast
More than a year and a half after multiple foreign intelligence sources ruled out an Israeli airstrike as responsible for the deadly Al-Ahli hospital blast, pointing instead to an errant Palestinian rocket, some media outlets regress into the murky fog of war mode.
Hollywood Reporter Corrects: Israel-Hamas War Started With Hamas’ Oct. 7 Attacks
CAMERA prompts correction at The Hollywood Reporter after an otherwise informative article absurdly stated: "Israel’s response to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks sparked the ongoing Israeli-Gaza conflict."
ABC Reports As Fact Disputed Allegation of Deadly Israeli Strike on UN Facility
UPDATE: CAMERA prompts correction at ABC after the network reported as fact a disputed allegation that Israel hit a U.N. facility in Deir Al-Balah, killing a U.N. worker. The amended article acknowledges Israel's denial that it operated in that area.
AFP Corrects: Hamas Authorities Claim 436 Killed in Two Days, Not 970
CAMERA's Israel office has prompted Agence France Presse corrections in both English and French after the news agency grossly inflated Hamas' own claim about the death toll in the Gaza Strip from 436 to 970.