Sunday Times Publishes HR Correction Letter

The Sunday Times publishes an HonestReporting letter after the media outlet referred to Mahmoud Abbas as "the president of the state of Palestine."

By Simon Plosker January 15, 2018

The Irish edition of The Sunday Times of London (paywall) included the following in its story “Coveney jets out for Middle East talks”:

HonestReporting filed a complaint, which The Sunday Times asked to include in the following weekend’s January 14 edition in the form of a letter:

The letters page of a newspaper is still an excellent vehicle for bringing an error or a viewpoint to a large number of readers of a publication and we are pleased to have been able to do so in this case.

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

Simon Plosker

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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