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UKMW prompts two Indy corrections to misleading headlines
Though The Independent's response to our email over the headline was delayed due to the holidays, they recently informed us that they upheld our complaint, and revised the headlines.
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Indy tries to tie Trump ‘Muslim ban’ to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians
Trump’s ban on citizens of seven foreign countries from entering the US represents a completely different dynamic than what he’s trying to describe in the Palestinian territories. There’s no Israeli...
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Inaccuracies plague latest anti-Israel op-ed at the Indy
An op-ed published today at the Indy is characteristically strong on propaganda and weak on facts - which is not surprising given that the author, Ryvka Barnard (Senior Campaigns Officer at War on...
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UKMW prompts Indy correction over Shai Masot claim
Indy editors upheld our complaint and amended the passage, which now at least includes Erdan's unequivocal denial of Masot's alleged affiliation with his ministry.
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Independent or PressTV? Indy piece on Israel cites ‘analysis’ of fringe...
It's quite telling that of all the political analysts the Indy journalist could have asked to comment, she chose a radical, anti-Zionist extremist who employs tropes about Zionism's putative collusion...
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UKMW prompts corrections at Guardian, Daily Mail and Indy
Here are recent corrections prompted by UKMW to articles at the Guardian, Daily Mail and Independent.
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UKMW prompts Independent to remove article legitimising the views of...
Whilst we commend Indy editors for removing the article, the fact that one of their Middle East correspondents respects and was willing to amplify the views of such an anti-Zionist extremist serves as...
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Indy article about (nixed) UN apartheid report fails to reveal the extremism...
Once again, the Indy fails to include information that would undercut their desired narrative about the UK debate over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, mischaracterising sincere efforts to no-platform...
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Did the Independent just publish a fake Ben-Gurion quote?
The sole source for the alleged quote appears to be a book by Hirsh Goodman published in 2005, which purports to recall a radio broadcast by Ben-Gurion on June 10th, 1967, day five of the Six Day War....
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UKMW prompts improvement to Indy headline suggesting there’s an Israeli wall...
Editors at The Independent upheld our complaint that the headline accompanying a February 5th article falsely suggested that there's an Israeli "wall" which completely surrounds Gaza.
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Meet the new cuddlier Hamas…according to our media.
By Richard Millett The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) wants to rebrand itself as a group which doesn’t want to annihilate Jews worldwide (Hamas’ 1988 charter states: “The Day of Judgement will not...
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UKMW prompts Indy correction to sentence claiming 750,000 Palestinian...
The claim, that there's been 750,000 Palestinian prisoners since 1967, stated as fact by McKernan, is at minimum highly disputed. As blogger Elder of Ziyon has persuasively demonstrated, it's almost...
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UKMW prompts improved language, but Indy still downplays Jewish connection to...
The Indy journalist not only effectively ignored Judaism's holiest site, but also managed to parrot Palestinian talking points, thus leading many readers to falsely believe that the location of the...
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Indy cherry picks quote from Israel Electric chief to impute maximum malevolence
By citing just three seemingly damning words within a longer, more nuanced interview with the head of Israeli Electric about the power shortage in Gaza, the Indy journalist did what the Indy does best:...
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When democracies get along, ‘progressives’ are happy…unless one of them...
Israel-bashers like Sunny Hundal don’t like anyone getting on with Israel and will trash anyone who tries. No matter the benefits collaboration with Israel will bring to India – hi-tech interchange,...
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Indy cites false NGO claim that Israel prevents Gaza docs from traveling abroad.
The Independent uncritically quoted an NGO claim that Gaza doctors are prevented by Israel from traveling abroad for training. However, we contacted a spokesperson from the Israeli agency responsible...
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke responds to Ken Loach’s pro-BDS op-ed in the Indy.
As is often the case with many pro-BDS polemics, the justification offered by British director Ken Loach to politically, economically and culturally isolate Israel - and only Israel - included...
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Independent fails to correct Ken Loach’s lie of “racially segregated” West...
Ken Loach's claim in The Independent that there are apartheid-style, "racially segregated roads" in the West Bank is an outright lie, and we encourage you to lodge a complaint at the Indy using this...
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Indy corrects. New text refutes claim Israel stops Gaza docs from traveling...
UK Media Watch prompted a correction at The Independent to the claim that Israel prevents Gaza doctors from traveling abroad for training seminars. The new text cites statistics on the hundreds of such...
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Indy legitimises bizarre claim that Jerusalem was NOT the ancient Jewish capital
In the spirit of efforts by the Palestinians (and UNESCO) to erase and rewrite Jewish history, The Independent published an article legitimising an obscure author’s claim that King Solomon was actually...
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