SUCCESS: HR Prompts AP Tel Aviv Correction

The Associated Press wire service supplies news articles to a huge number of media outlets around the world. Corrections are therefore extremely important.

The AP’s story “Syria says Israeli strikes hit near airport west of Damascus” included the following:

We contacted AP to point out that the text falsely implied that Tel Aviv is Israel’s seat of government and power, effectively its capital.

The text was subsequently updated and “Tel Aviv” replaced with “Israel”:

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.

SUCCESS: HR Prompts AP Tel Aviv Correction

Simon Plosker

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