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HR Prompts AP to Correct Western Wall Error

While the error shouldn’t have happened in the first place, credit to the Associated Press for making a prompt and public correction after HonestReporting alerted editors to this in the story “4 Palestinians killed in…

Simon Plosker
December 17, 2017
12:00 am

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While the Western Wall is the holiest site that Jews are allowed to pray, the Temple Mount, the site of two ancient Jewish temples is, in fact, Judaism’s holiest site.

Shortly after our complaint, the following has been added to the AP story:

A correction from the AP is all the more important as the wire service supplies countless other media around the world. So, for example, this correction appears in media including the Washington Post, ABC News, US News & World Report and USA Today.

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Tags: AP. Associated Press, distorted facts, Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest site, slider, success, Temple Mount, Western Wall

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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