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SUCCESS: HR Prompts AP Tel Aviv Correction

The Associated Press wire service supplies news articles to a huge number of media outlets around the world. Corrections are therefore extremely important. The AP’s story “Syria says Israeli strikes hit near airport west of…

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The Associated Press wire service supplies news articles to a huge number of media outlets around the world. Corrections are therefore extremely important.

The AP’s story “Syria says Israeli strikes hit near airport west of Damascus” included the following:

 

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HRsuccessWe contacted AP to point out that the text falsely implied that Tel Aviv is Israel’s seat of government and power, effectively its capital.

The text was subsequently updated and “Tel Aviv” replaced with “Israel”:

 

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