HonestReporting’s Top Media Corrections – June-July 2023

HonestReporting works tirelessly to monitor the media and ensure factual errors get corrected. Here are our top corrections for June and July 2023, including CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, The…

Chaim Lax
August 1, 2023
1:11 pm

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HonestReporting works tirelessly to monitor the media and ensure factual errors get corrected.

Here are our top corrections for June and July 2023, including CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, The Washington Post, Voice of America, and United Press International:

AFP Mistakenly Claims That Israel Annexed ‘Palestinian Territories’

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1685662712909471744

The AP Falsely Reports That Itamar Ben Gvir Visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1684481648421634050

The Guardian Misrepresents Women’s Rights in Israel

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1681912269465165824

MEAWW & MSN Publish Antisemitic Screed Against Mayim Bialik

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1681665198346883072

UPI Mistakes the Knesset For Israel’s ‘Senate’

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1681214216865214465

The Washington Post Mistakes the ‘Southern West Bank’ for Southern Israel

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1675859285744443394

For the updated article, see here.

The New York Times Mislabels Its Photo Caption of the Dome of the Rock

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1671492869624942594

The New York Times & CNN Misidentify Defensive Flares

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1671164390572457990

UPDATE: Thank you @CNN for issuing a correction in response to our request. https://t.co/torOReTnxi pic.twitter.com/8Axxti86RC

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) June 20, 2023

Defense News & VOA Misidentify Tel Aviv as the Seat of Israel’s Government

Thank you @defense_news for correcting the error by replacing "Tel Aviv" with "Israel."

However, your Editor's Note fails to clarify precisely what was corrected: "This article has been updated to more accurately describe the Estonian government’s policy change." https://t.co/1N74gmXNL8

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) June 18, 2023

While shamefully avoiding a direct reference to Israel's capital Jerusalem, @VOANews has at least corrected its error in response to our request. https://t.co/dLSsdbkUvv

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) June 7, 2023

Reuters Claims Israel Targeted Damascus in Airstrike

https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1669251653206245377

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The Financial Times Distorts Reality to Paint Israel as Aggressor in Lebanon

▶ How Palestinian Children Are Taught To Worship Death

Pseudo-Journalism: CNN’s Non-Story Demonizes Israel

How CBS News Is Facing A Crisis of Its Own Making

Tags: AFP, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Annexation, AP. Associated Press, CNN, Damascus, Defense News, Dome of the Rock, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Knesset, Mayim Bialik, meaww, MSN, New York Times, Reuters, Syria, Tel Aviv, The Guardian, The Washington Post, UPI, VOA, Voice of America

Chaim Lax

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Chaim moved to Israel in 2018. He has a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science and History from York University as well as an MA in Israel Studies from the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University. Prior to joining HonestReporting, Chaim worked with a variety of Israel advocacy organizations in both Canada and Israel.

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