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.
AP Corrects: Israel Doesn’t Prevent Surgical Supplies From Reaching Gaza
CAMERA prompts correction of an Associated Press article about the new Coronavirus crisis which had falsely charged that Israel prevents surgical supplies from reaching the Gaza Strip. The improved copy also notes Hamas mismanagement of the territory's medical infrastructure.
AFP Reports Disputed Claim About IDF’s Use of Live Fire as Fact
UPDATED: AFP amends multiple captions which had stated as fact that the Israeli army fired live ammunition during a clash in Nablus despite the fact that Palestinian witnesses and the Israeli military agree that only rubber bullets and tear gas were used.
Haaretz Corrects: Israel Didn’t Deny Entry to Gazans Whose Daughter Died From Cancer
CAMERA prompts correction after Gideon Levy's article falsely claimed that the parents of a young cancer patient from from the Gaza Strip were denied permission to be by the side of their dying daughter in a Nablus hospital.
AFP Falsely Reports That Rena Shnerb’s Suspected Killers Not Charged
UPDATED: AFP corrects after an article about the demolition of the homes of the Palestinians indicted for the deadly bombing which killed 16-year-old Rina Shnerb falsely reported that the suspects had not been charged.
Following Contact from CAMERA, The Washington Post Changes Image Linking Jews to Coronavirus
Following contact from CAMERA, The Washington Post changed an image accompanying an article that might have misled readers into linking Jews to the spread of the coronavirus.
Haaretz Corrects: Army Tractor Did Not Slam Into Kafr Qaddum Demonstrators
CAMERA prompts correction of a Gideon Levy column which had falsely stated in Haaretz's English (but not Hebrew) edition that an army tractor slammed into a crowd of Palestinian demonstrators in Kafr Qaddum.
AP’s Erroneous Captions Expand Ayman Odeh’s Campaign to West Bank
UPDATED: AP corrects captions that Aymen Odeh, an Israeli Arab candidate in Israel's upcoming parliamentary elections, campaigned in "Yabeh, West Bank," when in fact he was campaigning in Taibeh, central Israel.
Guardian acknowledges Palestinian 9/11 celebrations
CAMERA Prompts Reuters Correction of Inflated Numbers in ICC Allegations
In response to communication with CAMERA about an article regarding the opposition to a politically motivated ICC investigation, Reuters corrects the inflated numbers in the accusations against Israel.