UKMW prompts Daily Mail correction to claim no group claimed responsibility for Gaza rocket attacks

Following communication with UK Media Watch, editors at the Daily Mail corrected an article which had falsely claimed that no terror group in Gaza claimed responsibility for the recent barrage of rockets fired at Israel.

Earlier today, we flagged a factual error in a May 30th Daily Mail article on the recent rocket attacks from Gaza – an inaccurate claim we noted in a tweet to the journalist, Cheyenne Roundtree.

As we noted in a subsequent email to editors, multiple news sites had reported the claim of responsibility by Hamas and Islamic Jihad several hours before the Daily Mail article was published.

Our complaint was quickly upheld and the sentence corrected.

Here’s the new language:

Related Articles

 

 

Written By
More from Adam Levick
Unmoved by antisemitism surge, Guardian again attacks IHRA
Unmoved by the global surge of antisemitism, the Guardian published an article representing...
Read More
Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *