HonestReporting Prompts Guardian "Regime" Change

The Guardian profiled Priti Patel, the British politician forced to resign for undeclared meetings with Israeli officials. It included the following:

We contacted and tweeted The Guardian and the journalist responsible for the text:

Isn’t “regime” a word usually reserved 4 the worst Mideast dictatorships? Thx @guardian @GuardianAnushka 4 making it perfectly clear what u think about Israel. https://t.co/1lqeF1JdPa pic.twitter.com/SXNL6ythqL

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) November 9, 2017

As a result, The Guardian issued the following correction:

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

HonestReporting Prompts Guardian “Regime” Change

Simon Plosker

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