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 CNN Correction on Israel’s Syria Statements
CAMERA's Israel office ushers in the Jewish new year with a CNN correction of the false claim last week that Israel has "long called for [Bashar] al-Assad to step down." AP Amends Map With Golan Heights
Following communication from CAMERA's Israel office, AP editors amend an online map which had placed the Golan Heights within Syria. CAMERA Prompts CNN Correction on Jerusalem
In response to correspondence from CAMERA staff, CNN editors correct an article which incorrectly reported that eastern Jerusalem had been annexed from "the Palestinian territories." New York Times Corrects Iran Mistranslations — Including Its Own
After CAMERA challenged inaccurate translations of statements by Iran's current and previous presidents, The New York Times corrected its article. CAMERA Prompts Improved AP Language on Corrie
Based on information forwarded to them by CAMERA, AP editors commendably resent a story correcting inaccurate language about Rachel Corrie’s death. Ha’aretz Corrects: Netanyahu, Kerry Met in Jerusalem, Not Tel Aviv
CAMERA staff prompts a Ha'aretz correction today of an article which erroneously reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Secretary of State Kerry met last week in Tel Aviv. All of their meetings were in Jerusalem. Ha’aretz Corrects: Rape Victim Was Israeli, Not Palestinian
CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of Ha'aretz's latest "Lost in Translation." The English print edition had incorrectly identified an Israeli girl, now 19, who was raped six years ago by four Palestinians, as Palestinian. CAMERA Prompts Financial Times Corrections on Curfews, Air Strikes
CAMERA staff prompt a Financial Times correction making clear that there are no curfews in eastern Jerusalem and no air strikes in Ramallah. The misinformation apparently originated with Thomas Hill of Save the Children. The Forward Corrects on Arabs in Jerusalem
After communication with CAMERA staff, The Forward corrected its erroneous claim that Jerusalem Arabs are not allowed to move into the city's Jewish sector.