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HR Turns Triple Play Over Israel’s Capital

We took this case to the PCC and the Daily Mail admitted its mistake, amending the online version of the article to read, “The Jerusalem government is concerned” and agreeing to print the following correction: A…

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We took this case to the PCC and the Daily Mail admitted its mistake, amending the online version of the article to read, “The Jerusalem government is concerned” and agreeing to print the following correction:

A report on 23 August mistakenly suggested that Israel’s government was in Tel Aviv when it is, of course, in Jerusalem.

But that wasn’t all.

Daily Telegraph repents

On September the Daily Telegraph’s Travel supplement included the following text accompanying a photo feature:

An email to the Daily Telegraph pointing out the PCC’s position and only hours before the onset of Yom Kippur, the paper atoned for its error, amending the text to refer to Tel Aviv as “found in Israel” (although we did not realize it had been lost!)

HonestReporting will continue to monitor the media for further infractions of this nature. But with the PCC’s precedent-setting ruling, the UK media will find it virtually impossible to repeat false information about Israel’s capital and get away with it.

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Tags: capital, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Jerusalem, PCC, Press Complaints Commission, Tel Aviv, The Guardian

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.

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