BBC WS misleads on Israel’s capital city yet again
The common journalistic practice of referring to a nation’s capital city as shorthand for the country’s government only works when journalists get that capital city right.
The common journalistic practice of referring to a nation’s capital city as shorthand for the country’s government only works when journalists get that capital city right.
For the sixth time in less than two years, UK Media Watch has prompted a correction at Times of London to the false suggestion that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital.
BBC WS removes claim that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital.
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