NBC Corrects After Undercounting Palestinian Combatants Among Casualties
After wrongly reporting that Islamic Jihad claimed four casualties as its fighters, NBC corrected to note that the terror group claimed eight as its fighters.
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.
On Tisha B’Av, Many Media Methods For Distancing Jews From Their Holiest Site
As Jewish mourning for the destroyed Temples endures, so too does media misreporting distancing the Jewish people from their most sacred site.
Reuters Corrects: Rashida Tlaib Not First Palestinian-American in Congress
CAMERA prompts correction of a Reuters article which misidentified Rep. Rashida Tlaib as "the first Palestinian-American House member."
Reuters Removes False Claim That Jenin Refugee Camp Was ‘Largely Destroyed’ In 2002
Following communication from CAMERA, Reuters deletes the false claim that the Jenin refugee camp "was largely destroyed by Israeli troops during a previous incursion two decades ago." In fact, according to a U.N. report, 10 percent of the camp was "totally destroyed" in the 2002 incursion.
AFP Clarifies: Hamas’ Weapons Exhibition Is Not a First
CAMERA prompts correction of an AFP headline which falsely reported that “Gaza rulers Hamas display weapons for first time.” In fact, Hamas’ public displays of weapons are a frequent affair in the Gaza Strip.
ToI, Alhurra Clarify: ‘Peaceful Man’ Omar Qattin Was a Hamas Member
In response to communication from CAMERA, Times of Israel and Alhurra amend their coverage on Omar Kattin, killed in unclear circumstances last week as settlers rampaged in Turmas Ayya, to note that Hamas claimed his as its "martyred hero."
VOA Corrects Grossly Inflated Figure For 1948 Refugees Living in West Bank
VOA corrects after claiming that 900,000 Palestinians living in the West Bank were displaced from their homes in 1948. In fact, the number of West Bank Palestinians alive during 1948 is a tiny fraction of that figure.
New York Times Quietly Concedes: Jesus Didn’t Live in ‘Palestine’
After twice this year failing to correct false references to Jesus as either Palestinian or living in Palestine, The New York Times has finally come through with a stealth correction after an additional item falsely stated that the revered figure lived in Palestine.
Alhurra Clarifies Palestinian Fatalities Were Islamic Jihad Combatants
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction at Alhurra after the U.S. news outlet republished an Arabic AFP article which failed to report that two Palestinian fatalities were members of Islamic Jihad, a designated terror group.
Double Duty and Journalistic Dereliction: Ashraf Ibrahim, Served Both Intelligence and Terror Forces
Ashraf Ibrahim, killed in a gunbattle with Israeli troops, was a Palestinian intelligence officer. He also moonlighted as a fighter with the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a designated terrorist organization affiliated with Fatah. News stories reported the former work while leaving out the latter.