Two weeks ago, we complained to Sky News editors about an April 11 interview with Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon by presenter Yalda Hakim, in which she falsely claimed that the IDF had killed over “300 civilians” in Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
We noted that the death toll released by Lebanon’s Health Ministry (which is run by a Hezbollah member) didn’t include a break-down of civilians and combatants, and that the IDF reported that 250 of those killed were Hezbollah operatives.
We also posted about it on X, tagging Hakim, who replied to our X post by acknowledging the error, while suggesting that no formal correction needed to be issued.
However, our complaint was ultimately upheld, and Hakim issued the following on-air correction.
The YouTube version of the Sky broadcast was also corrected after further contact with their editors.
Well done for holding Sky, and others, to account.