NY Times Corrects on BDS: It’s Not Merely Anti-Occupation
After corresponding with CAMERA staff, the New York Times corrected a story that had falsely characterized the BDS campaign as seeking only an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.
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.
Los Angeles Times Corrects on Lebanese Casualties in 2006 War
CAMERA prompts correction of a Los Angeles Times article which greatly overstated the number of Lebanese civilians killed in the 2006 war, erroneously citing "nearly 1,200 Lebanese civilians." In fact, this figure includes hundreds of Hezbollah fighters.
AFP Corrects: No Pact For Jewish Power in Current Elections
CAMERA prompts correction after AFP erroneously reported that Israel's extremist far-right Jewish Power party is in an electoral alliance with other right-wing parties. While such a pact existed in the April 2019 election, Jewish Power is running alone in the September race.
AP Corrects: Terror Victim Rina Shnerb of Lod, Not West Bank
CAMERA prompts correction of an Associated Press report which erroneously stated that Israeli terror victim, Rena Shnerb, killed in a Palestinian bomb attack Friday, was from the West Bank settlement of Dolev. In fact, she was a resident of the central Israeli city of Lod.
Reuters Corrects on Gay Marriage in Israel
CAMERA prompts correction of a Reuters article which erroneously claimed that gay marriages are "illegal" in Israel. While gay marriages, like all Jewish marriages in Israel carried outside the Orthodox Rabbinate are not recognized, they are not in violation of any law.
JTA Clarifies on West Bank Political Repression
UK Media Watch Prompts ITV News Correction to Israeli Security Fence Omission
UK Media Watch Prompts Guardian Correction to Palestinian Refugee Claim
NY Times Grossly Overstates Number of 1948 Refugees Served by UNRWA
A New York Times story on UNRWA claims that the UN agency serves "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians who fled or were expelled in 1948. In fact, no more than some 30,000 from the original refugees are still living.
JTA Corrects: Arab Village In Northern Israel Not Palestinian
CAMERA prompts a JTA correction of a movie review which had inaccurately depicted an Arab village in northern Israel as a "Palestinian village."