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 correction of a Times of Israel article which reported that the IDF said troops weren't in the area when Abdulrahman Al-Dabag was killed. The amended article notes that the military statement that forces in the area fired tear gas.In response to communication from CAMERA, the Associated Press corrects an article which incorrectly referred to Palestine. CAMERA's timely work prevents misinformation from wire agencies appearing in media outlets around the world. CAMERA's UK Media Watch prompts correction of a Sunday Times article which referred to Israeli "atrocities" as fact. The amended article refers to "alleged atrocities." Biased captions by AFP and Reuters about Gaza teen Abdulrahman Al-Dabag noted only the Palestinian charge that Israeli troops shot him dead. Thanks to CAMERA, the agencies add that Israel's army said troops used only tear gas. After CAMERA contacted Post editors, the newspaper published a correction noting that it had "incorrectly said that the Israeli government wants to formally annex Area C in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria."
CAMERA's UK Media Watch elicits an important update to a summer 2014 Telegraph article about the killing of nearly a dozen members of the Siyyam family in Gaza. A new Israeli Military Attorney General report concludes that an errant Hamas rocket was to blame.After CAMERA contacted USA Today editors about a story which wrongfully claimed a ‘lull’ in Palestinian terror attacks, the paper issued a correction and the reporter thanked CAMERA.
After CAMERA contacted Reuters editors about a skewed headline that once again reversed the perpetrator and victim to whitewash Palestinian terrorism, editors thanked CAMERA, apologized and corrected.