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.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Israel of seeking to turn Turkey into a new enemy. AFP's English-language headline stated as fact: "Israel seeks to declare Turkey 'new enemy.'"
While the Islamic Republic's motives for disguising the true nature of its nuclear program are obvious, what possible rationale is there for Western media outlets to cover up the Iranian nuclear threat? Agence France Presse is the latest to submit to the suicidal impulse and erase the existential threats posed by the mullah-run regime.
While summarizing the day’s news, CNN reverted to a familiar media habit by referring to Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital. After CAMERA’s outreach, it corrected the text and removed the reference.
CAMERA prompted Guardian editors to correct an article falsely suggesting that Jerusalem holy sites were closed only to Muslims, when in fact the restrictions affect all holy sites in the Old City, equally affecting Jewish and Christian worshippers.
Parroting Islamic Republic propaganda seeking to justify the mass casualty attack on Dimona yesterday, media outlets including AFP, New York Times and CNN falsely reported that the southern Israeli town is home to Israel's nuclear program. In fact, the town is some 15 kilometers northwest of the secretive facility. UPDATE: The New York Times corrects.
Haaretz amends after publishing a headline which falsely implied Israel deported an American activist because she reported a car accident in which a Palestinian girl was hit. Buried in the article behind the paywall was the fact that the activist engaged in an altercation with the driver.
CAMERA prompts improved coverage at both ABC and Reuters after the two media outlets erased Hezbollah attacks against Israel, falsely blaming Israel — as opposed to Hezbollah — for dragging Lebanon into war.
CNN corrected a map that had wrongly attributed a strike on a girls’ school in Minab that was adjacent to an IRGC military base to both the U.S. and Israel, even though its own reporting and cited sources said the perpetrator was unknown and the casualty claims unverified at the time of the report.
UPDATED: CAMERA prompts an AP correction, republished in dozens of secondary media outlets, after the news agency cited "Washington and Tel Aviv," wrongly identifying Israel's capital.
Reuters corrects after wrongly reporting that Rafah was destroyed and evacuated after the October ceasefire. Still in place is misleading "depopulated" terminology along with the false claim that Rafah is the only crossing point for exiting residents of the Gaza Strip.
