NYT Corrects Headline on “More Settlements”
After communication with CAMERA, the NYT corrected a headline that had erroneously referred to Israel building "more settlements." 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.
After communication with CAMERA, the NYT corrected a headline that had erroneously referred to Israel building "more settlements." Times of Israel Corrects: US Hasn’t Viewed Settlements as Illegal
Thanks to CAMERA's efforts, ABC, Times of London, the AP, and now the Times of Israel have corrected the erroneous claim that the U.S. has viewed Israeli settlements as illegal .
CAMERA’s UK Media Watch Prompts Times Correction: US Doesn’t Say Settlements Illegal
UKMW prompted the Times of London to publish a correction noting that the US does not dub settlements "illegal," although it does call them "illegitimate" or unhelpful. Reuters Amends Captions: Palestinian Killed During Violent Clashes
Reuters adds that Palestinian Ahmed al-Remawi was killed "during violent clashes with stone-throwers" after CAMERA protested incomplete captions which stated only that he was "shot and killed by Israeli forces." For Second Time, ABC Corrects: US Does Not View Settlements As ‘Illegal’
For the second time in less than one month, CAMERA prompts an ABC correction on the erroneous claim that "the United States considers Jewish settlements illegal." NPR ‘Morning Edition’ Corrects Tel Aviv Error, Errs on ‘Palestinian Land’
NPR commendably corrects a reference to Tel Aviv as Israel's capital. But misidentification of disputed West Bank land as "Palestinian land" still requires clarification. CAMERA Prompts National Geographic Correction on ‘Palestine’ Terminology
CAMERA prompts correction of a National Geographic article which identified the West Bank as "Palestine." AFP, Haaretz Amend Reference to Syrian, Palestinian Flag
CAMERA prompts correction of AFP and Haaretz photo captions that wrongly identified a flag in the hands of a pro-Assad regime fighter in Aleppo. (Updated.) CAMERA Prompts AP Correction: Jerusalem is Israel’s Capital
CAMERA's Israel office prompted a correction of an Associated Press article that incorrectly identified Tel Aviv as Israel's capital. This was a case of an error in the journalistic practice of naming a nation's capital as shorthand for the country's government, i.e. mistakenly using "Tel Aviv" as shorthand for Israel's capital instead of "Jerusalem." CAMERA Prompts New York Times Magazine Caption Correction on ‘Palestine’
CAMERA staff have prompted a correction of an online New York Times Magazine photo caption which identified Israel, the West Bank and Gaza as “Palestine.”