Reuters Corrects After Overstating Israel’s Unemployment Rate
CAMERA prompts correction of a Reuters article which erroneously reported Israel's current unemployment rate as higher than 20 percent. The actual figure is 12 percent.
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.
UPI Corrects After Referring to “Palestine” As A Country
In response to communication from CAMERA, UPI promptly corrects an article which reported that wanted Palestinian Marwan Abusrour is believed to be residing in his "native countr[y,] "Palestine," referring to the Palestinian Authority.
Reuters Erroneously Reports That U.S. Sold F-35’s to Turkey
Update: Reuters corrects after misreporting that Turkey is among the American allies to have purchased the F-35 advanced fighter jet. In fact, the U.S. cancelled the deal after Turkey bought Russia's S-400 air defense system.
AFP Reports Without Clarification False Claim That Israel Destroyed All Greenhouses
AFP abandons its "duty to seek the truth and not passively report information as it is presented to us" when it reports without challenge or clarification the false claim that Israel's army destroyed all of Neve Dekalim's hothouses before the 2005 disengagement.
Newsweek Corrects Zaha Hassan Op-Ed Citing Tel Aviv as Israel’s Capital
For the second time in just over a month, CAMERA prompts Newsweek to correct an erroneous reference to Tel Aviv as Israel's capital. Zaha Hassan, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, used the common journalistic practice of referring to a nation's capital city as shorthand for the country's government.
I24 News Arabic Corrects Age of Recently Found Byzantine Era Baptismal Font
i24 News commendably corrects an Arabic report which erred on the age of a recently recovered Byzantine era baptismal font by some 1000 years.
AP Captions Err After Sderot Home Hit by Iron Dome Shrapnel
UPDATE: Associated Press corrects after captions erroneously reported that a Sderot home was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In fact, Israel's Iron Dome intercepted the rockets, and it was shrapnel from the interception which damaged the house.
Los Angeles Times Conjures Up International Airport in Jerusalem
Sept. 6 UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times corrects after it faced mockery for speculating that the UAE's new direct flights will likely land in Tel Aviv not Jerusalem supposedly due to the latter's disputed status. Jerusalem has no functioning airport.
NBC Mistakes Jerusalem Protests For Lebanese
