San Francisco Chronicle Clarifies Barghouti’s Misinformation
Palestinian activist Mustafa Barghouti misinformed San Francisco Chronicle readers concerning Israel's West Bank barrier. CAMERA prompted the following correction.
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.
Washington Post Corrects Gaza Settlements Error
CAMERA staff, members, and others elicited the following July 28 correction concerning the amount of Gaza Strip land occupied by Jewish settlements.
CAMERA Prompts CSM Correction: Efrat Not an Outpost
In a July 9 "Reporters on the Job" segment, the Christian Science Monitor erroneously described the West Bank town of Efrat as a "settler outpost." In response to CAMERA's July 14 email about the error, the paper's International Editor thanked CAMERA for "bringing it to [his] attention," and today the paper printed the following correction:
UPDATED: CAMERA Obtains Corrections on Sharon Plan at AP, Several Newspapers
Several newspapers ran an Associated Press article which incorrectly reported on West Bank troop withdrawals under Ariel Sharon's separation plan. In response to communications from CAMERA, the AP and at least five newspapers have set the record straight.
Updated: AP Caption Writers Take Sides in Arab-Israeli Conflict
July 1 update follows. With AP photographers around the world producing 1,000 photographs of breaking news daily, it is puzzling that AP would resort to distributing old file photos of events that have no apparent connection to the day's events. But that is exactly what AP did on June 19, 2004, re-releasing five file unrelated photos from the Gaza Strip with only a biased caption in common.
Updated: AP Finally Corrects
July 2 update follows. The foreign desk at the Associated Press wire service apparently has no mechanism in place to correct factual errors. Over the last year, evidence regarding more than half a dozen straight-forward substantive errors was passed from editor to editor until it fell by the wayside. This was the case in a June 10 error by correspondent Ali Daraghmeh, who falsely reported that in the West Bank, "Israel does not allow Palestinian officers to patrol in uniform."
Two NPR Corrections in Two Days
CAMERA prompted two NPR corrections, airing Sunday and Monday. The first corrected Linda Gradstein's false attribution of a reference about Palestinian "militants" to the Israeli army when the army had used the word "terrorists." (The softening of language is a recurring problem at NPR.) The second corrected Bob Edwards' wildly inflated figure for Palestinian refugees of the 1948 war.
CAMERA Staff, Members Obtain Wall Street Journal Correction on U.N. Resolution 242
CAMERA staff and members elicited the following correction regarding the common misconception that U.N. Resolution 242 calls on Israel to withdraw from all territories captured in the 1967 war. The resolution does not specify to what extent Israel should withdraw.
CAMERA Prompts Boston Globe Correction on Legality of Settlements
CAMERA prompted the following correction by the Boston Globe clarifying the U.S. government's position on the legality of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, a contentious and frequently misrepresented topic.
CAMERA Obtains NPR Correction on ‘Terror’ Terminology
CAMERA prompted the following National Public Radio correction on a report which quoted Israeli officials as having referred to "militants" when they in fact spoke about "terrorists."