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HR Prompts Sky News to Correct a Political Error

It’s an accepted fact of American political life that the vast majority of US Jews vote Democrat. And while popular with more conservative and religiously orthodox parts of the Jewish community, US President Donald Trump’s…

Simon Plosker
January 29, 2020
12:00 am

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So it was surprising to see a Sky News analysis of the Trump peace plan suggesting that Trump and Netanyahu were appealing “to their domestic bases: Israeli right wingers and Jewish American voters.”

We tweeted Sky News journalist Mark Stone:

You are right. This is badly written. Its not appealing to his traditional base but is designed to draw American Jewish support. I will correct it.

— Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) January 29, 2020

Credit to Mark for swiftly acknowledging the error and changing the text, which now reads:

The plan they jointly unveiled, and without the Palestinians, is designed to lure their electorates: Israeli right-wingers and American Jewish and Christian evangelical voters.

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Tags: Donald Trump, Mark Stone, Sky News, success, Trump peace plan

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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