UK Media Watch prompts correction to false claim on Israeli “gay conversions”
As we reported recently, a Feb. 4th Associated Press (AP) story by Daniel Estrin reported that an American Jewish group promoting the discredited practice of “gay…
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The BBC, complaints, corrections and accountability
Readers may recall that a BBC Radio 4 News bulletin from December 20th 2015 misled listeners with regard to the fact that Samir Kuntar’s…
UK Media Watch prompts Guardian correction to false B’Tselem fire claim
Yesterday, the Guardian published an op-ed by Paul Mason, economics editor at Channel 4 News, titled ‘As Mein Kampf returns to Germany, the world…
UK Media Watch prompts Telegraph correction to martyr-themed Christmas tree claim
On Dec. 29, we posted about a curious claim in The Telegraph in an article about a Christmas tree decorated with photos of Palestinian…
UK Media Watch prompts Times of London correction to false Israeli “book ban” claim
Our post yesterday, comparing UK media outlets’ coverage of an Education Ministry decision not to include a book depicting an Israeli-Palestinian love affair on the…
UK Media Watch prompts correction to Indy claim about ‘bizarre’ #Israeli law
On Sunday, we posted about the following article at the Independent Number one on their list was a “bizarre” Israeli law: However, as we…
UK Media Watch prompts correction to ITV News report on terror attack
On Nov. 24th, we posted about an ITV News segment on the latest Palestinian stabbing attack, We noted that the report failed to explain that the number they cited of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 includes includes those involved in terror attacks.
UK Media Watch prompts corrections at Telegraph and EuroNews
Yesterday, we posted about an inaccurate report on the website of Europe’s most watched news channel, EuroNews. The headline and opening passage both erroneously claimed that US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned “violence between Israelis and Palestinians”, when in fact he specificallly condemned Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis.
Another BBC News correction misses its point
One of the suggestions made in BBC Watch’s submission to the DCMS BBC Charter Review consultation is for the BBC News website to set…
UK Media Watch prompts Indy correction to 2nd Intifada claim
As we pointed out in our communication with Indy editors, the Temple Mount is not “officially in Palestinian territory”. Rather, it’s under the administrative control of the Jordanian Islamic Waqf, and under Israeli security control. Jews are allowed to visit but not pray there.