We tip our hat to readers for taking action and responding to media reports mishandling the Gaza beach tragedy. One notable correction was brought to our attention by a reader whose correspondence with Newsday helped bring about the following correction in a staff editorial:
Breaking its year-long truce with Israel, Hamas has countered a misdirected Israeli artillery shell, which killed a family at the beach in Gaza over the weekend, with intense rocket attacks into Israel [CORRECTION: In a Tuesday editorial, we mentioned a “misdirected Israeli artillery shell” that killed a family in Gaza over the weekend. In fact, the origin of the shell is in dispute. PG. A44 NS 6/15/06]. This new round of violence comes just as Abbas has scheduled an unprecedented referendum…
We commend Newsday editors for setting the record straight, and we encourage readers to continue their follow up and to keep us posted on correspondence with news services.
