Earlier this month we noted that an article titled “Syria war: ‘Israeli strike’ hits military site near Damascus airport” that appeared on the BBC News website on April 27th included an insert titled “Recent suspected Israeli attacks in Syria”.
That insert began by listing an alleged incident in the Syrian Golan from April 23rd – even though the sources of the claim are repeatedly unreliable and in spite of the fact that security sources in Israel had already dismissed reports of Israeli involvement.
BBC Watch wrote to the BBC News website drawing attention to those facts and requesting a correction.
Although no reply was received, an amendment – albeit less than satisfactory – was made to the article on May 2nd.
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However, no footnote has been added to advise BBC audiences of the change.
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