Azaria headline round-up: UKMW prompts Guardian correction. Indy improves. Telegraph misleads.
Yesterday, most major UK news outlets were quick to report on the guilty verdict of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, convicted in a military court for…
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UKMW prompts correction to inaccurate Times of London headline on settlers and Trump
Yesterday, we posted about an inaccurate headline accompanying a Jan. 1st Times of London article by Gregg Carlstrom. We demonstrated that no Israeli settlers –…
UKMW prompts Times of London correction – admits US does NOT call settlements ‘illegal’
Subsequent U.S. administrations – through Obama – have maintained the same position. Though they’ve obviously disapproved of Israeli construction across the green line, they did not label them as “illegal”.
UKMW prompts Times of London headline correction to improper reference to ‘Jews’
We contacted Times of London editors to ask if they typically use the word “Jews” (in their headlines) as a synonym for “Israel”, “Israelis” or “Israeli MKs”.
UKMW prompts Economist correction – retracts false claim on ‘Arabic song ban’
Yesterday, we posted about an article titled: ‘The Economist Explains: The status of Arabic speakers in Israel‘, included the bizarre claim that “Arabic songs were banned from Israeli radio for several decades.” We contacted the editor responsible for the article, who promptly responded to inform us that they upheld our complaint and removed the sentence in question.
UK Media Watch prompts Indy correction to claim Western Wall is Judaism’s holiest site
On Friday, we spotted the following error in an Independent article written by Matt Broomfield titled “Israel: Prayer protesters in violent Western Wall clash with…
UK Media Watch prompts Indy correction to Palestinian ‘news outlet’ Facebook ‘ban’ claim
The Indy failed to note that the “news organizations” in question (Quds News Network and Shehab News Agency) are both reportedly affiliated with terror groups, and neglected to tell readers that the “journalists” had their Facebook accounts reinstated within a day of the suspension. A Facebook spokesperson apologized, saying the suspensions had been “accidental”.
UK Media Watch prompts Daily Mail correction – admits that Bibi was cheered
As Israellycool and Yair Rosenberg reported, an internet myth was reported as news by the tabloids Page Six and Daily Mail on Sept. 26th regarding the reception received by Israel’s prime minister. Both publications claimed that Netanyahu was booed as he and his wife took their seats for a performance of “Hamilton” on Saturday night at Richard Rodgers Theatre in NYC.
UK Media Watch prompts Indy correction – The Temple Mount is back in Jerusalem
We recently posted about a Sept. 12th article highlighting photos of Muslims celebrating the festival of Eid al-Adha published at Indy100 (a brand of The…
UK Media Watch prompts Telegraph correction to ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements claim
As the Telegraph now acknowledges, the US does not consider the settlements to be “illegal” – opting instead for the non-legal designation of “illegitimate”.