Jerusalem

August 7, 2019

AFP Improves Article on Security Barrier

InfoEquitable flags falsehoods in a tendentious AFP story on the separation barrier, and prompts significant improvement. In the process, the French media-monitoring site exposes problematic social media posts by reporter Hiba Aslan.

July 24, 2019

In Wadi Hummus Demolitions Story, Journalistic Precision Is a Casualty

Given the complicated geopolitical realities of the disputed city of Jerusalem, journalists have a particular responsibility to be precise. That was not the case, however, when several news reports this week inaccurately placed the demolished Wadi Hummus buildings in Jerusalem.

July 23, 2019

Smithsonian Cover Story Misinforms About the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

A cover story by Geraldine Brooks in the summer edition of Smithsonian misinforms about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with errors, omissions, and underscoring of disputed allegations under the guise of providing an even-handed exploration of both sides.

May 20, 2019

Ohio State University Professor Quigley’s Anti-Israel Propagandizing

John B. Quigley, Ohio State University law Professor, has a career-long record of vilifying the Jewish state. This includes speech making to anti-Israel propaganda groups as well as various writings.

March 4, 2019

AFP Corrects: Jerusalem’s Holy Status in Judaism, Christianity Long Predates Muslim Conquest

CAMERA prompts correction after AFP that Jerusalem became a city sacred to Jews during the Muslim conquest in the seventh century. In fact, the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem came some 1500 years after the city gained its holy status in Judaism and centuries after it became holy in Christianity.