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The Guardian Corrects on Argentina’s Jewish Population Statistics

While not every error is serious enough to alter the direction of a story, it’s still imperative that the media get the facts right. So it was the case of The Guardian‘s coverage of a…

Simon Plosker
February 28, 2019
12:00 am

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While not every error is serious enough to alter the direction of a story, it’s still imperative that the media get the facts right. So it was the case of The Guardian‘s coverage of a brutal attack on Argentina’s chief rabbi.

We contacted Guardian editors when we noticed that the article erroneously claimed the Argentine Jewish community to be the largest outside of Israel and the US. A short time later, a correction was issued.

Thank you for correcting the error. pic.twitter.com/bCZaLBzRVO

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) February 27, 2019

You can find global Jewish population statistics at the Jewish Virtual Library.

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Tags: Argentina, demographics, distorted facts, Gabriel Davidovich, Jewish population statistics, success, 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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