Getty Images Corrects: Resolution 194 Not About Gaza Riots
Following communication from CAMERA, Getty Images corrected a caption that cast UN resolution from 1948 as being about current events.
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.
CAMERA Prompts Washington Post Correction on Canceled Jerusalem Soccer Match
Following contact with CAMERA, The Washington Post corrected a June 14, 2018 report, which incorrectly claimed that Argentina cancelled a Jerusalem soccer match due to Israel’s “treatment of Palestinians.”
CAMERA Prompts Improved Reuters Captions on Palestinian Arson Attacks
Reuters captions early this week about the devastation in southern Israel caused by Palestinian "kite terror" ignored the fires' cause. In response to CAMERA's communication, subsequent captions note "Palestinians have been causing blazes by flying kites and balloons loaded with flammable materials."
CAMERA Prompts Multiple Time Corrections on Gaza
Time relies on an editorial intern to explain how the Gaza Strip became the center of conflict. Ciara Nugent initially ignored that Israel had full withdrawn from the territory in 2005, one of the article's many failings.
Reuters Corrects on Temple Mount Remains
CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of a Reuters feature on Jerusalem which wrongly reported that the Western Wall is the only surviving above ground remain from the Temple Mount.
Washington Post Corrects on South Carolina Antisemitism Law
An opinion piece by Rabbi Jill Jacobs had erroneously claimed that “South Carolina just passed a law deeming any criticism of Israel in the state’s public schools or universities to be anti-Semitic.”
Updated: The New Yorker Corrects Grossly Misleading Headline
The headline previously read, "Israel Kills Dozens of Unarmed Protesters in Gaza as Jared Kushner Speaks of Peace, in Jerusalem."
After Contact From CAMERA, NY Times Amends Information on Baby Who Died in Gaza
The newspaper originally suggested that she had died from inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops.
UPDATE: Teen Vogue Corrects Rawan Eewshah Article
The magazine geared towards teens had originally published an article making claims that strained credulity.
CAMERA Prompts Improved AP Coverage of Palestinian Destruction of Fuel Line
An Associated Press article yesterday stated that vandals destroyed the fuel terminal at Israel's only cargo crossing into Gaza, initially leaving out that the culprits were Gazans, reportedly acting on Hamas instructions. AP responds positively to CAMERA's request to identify those responsible as Palestinian.