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Jerusalem Fallout: More Media Muckups
We thought we saw enough botched coverage last week of President Donald Trump’s recognition of
Pesach Benson
December 10, 2017
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We thought we saw enough botched coverage last week of President Donald Trump’s recognition of
UPDATE Following HonestReporting’s complaint, the History Channel has corrected the first part of its error,
As President Donald Trump declares US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, some media made a muck up of their facts.
The Times of London erroneously implies that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital rather than Jerusalem. HonestReporting gets the correction.
According to the International Business Times, the resignation of British politician Priti Patel was “exercising minds in Tel Aviv.” HonestReporting gets the correction.
The Daily Telegraph removes a reference to the “current government in Tel Aviv” following a complaint from HonestReporting.
An error by the Associated Press concerning Israel’s capital can have widespread ramifications, particularly if the AP refuses to correct.
A recent Washington Post report on a Syrian ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia
As Indian Prime Minister Navendra Modi visits Israel, the Daily Mail’s Mail Online India implies that Tel Aviv is the Israeli capital. HR gets the correction.
Following contact from HonestReporting, Newsweek issues a correction to an article that three times implied Tel Aviv was Israel’s capital city or center of political power.
HonestReporting prompts The Guardian to correct multiple references falsely implying that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital.
Newsweek incorrectly implies that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital city.
Only days after making an identical error, US News and World Report claims that Tel Aviv is Israel’s “current capital.”
Comedian Eddie Izzard performs in Tel Aviv, which the Daily Mail’s Mail Online refers to as the Israeli capital while also calling Jerusalem a “West Bank town.”
US News falsely implies that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital city. HonestReporting gets the correction.
The Daily Mail’s Mail Online corrects a headline that referred to “Tel Aviv’s Iron Dome” in a story on an ISIS rocket attack on Eilat.
The supposedly credible Cambridge Dictionary’s online version incorrectly states that Tel Aviv is an example of a Middle Eastern capital city.
Is The Guardian mislabeling Israel’s capital when it refers to “Washington and Tel Aviv?”
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