Tel Aviv

April 12, 2018

BBC WS misleads on Israel’s capital city yet again

The common journalistic practice of referring to a nation's capital city as shorthand for the count...

April 10, 2018

For 3rd time in 5 months, UKMW prompts Daily Mail correction to “Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital” claim.

Though we've been very successful at prompting editors to revise language falsely suggesting that Te...

February 21, 2018

UKMW prompts Daily Mail correction to claim Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital

Despite the fact that  we've prompted corrections on this point continually over the years, UK medi...

November 28, 2017

Why do so many journalists peddle the lie that Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel?

The repeated media lie that 'Tel Aviv is Israel's capital' represents a broader UK media pattern of ...

November 15, 2017

UKMW prompts Daily Mail correction to claim Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital

Once again, a British publication has told news consumers Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, and, on...

August 4, 2017

UKMW prompts another media outlet to admit that Tel Aviv is not Israel’s capital

For the sixth time in a little more than a  year, UK Media Watch has prompted a UK media correction...

May 12, 2017

BBC News coverage of terrorism in Israel – April 2017

The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks (Hebrew) during April 2017 shows that thro...

March 1, 2017

UKMW prompts 3rd Times of London correction in 3 weeks to ‘Tel Aviv is Israeli capital’ claim

For the third time in three weeks – and the fifth time since last June – we’ve prompted a corr...

February 7, 2017

UKMW prompts 2nd correction in 2 weeks to Times of London claim Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital

Though most countries don't recognize Jerusalem as the capital (for diplomatic reasons pertaining th...

January 26, 2017

UKMW prompts 4th correction in last year to media claim that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital

It's important to note that, in 2012, the Press Complaints Commission ruled that it is wrong to stat...