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HR Prompts Independent Western Wall Photo Caption Correction

Thanks to The Independent for making an immediate correction when informed about this photo caption: The Temple Mount, not the Western Wall, is Judaism’s holiest site. The Western Wall is the holiest place…

Simon Plosker
December 13, 2016
12:00 am

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Thanks to The Independent for making an immediate correction when informed about this photo caption:

The Temple Mount, not the Western Wall, is Judaism’s holiest site. The Western Wall is the holiest place that Jews are able to pray.

After contacting editors, the caption now reads: “Ultra-Orthodox Jews cover their heads with their prayer shawls and carry the ‘four species’ during special prayers at the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest site [sic].”

A small but important change.

We traced the photo source to the European Press Agency (EPA), which this photo is part of a larger set of images from the Western Wall.

We’ve requested a correction from the EPA as well. Watch this space.

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Tags: distorted facts, EPA, European Press Agency, Judaism's holiest site, photo caption, success, Temple Mount, The Independent, 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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