BBC apologises for reporting Israel ‘targeting’ medical teams and Arabic speakers

[Kaatje]

BBC apologises for reporting Israel ‘targeting’ medical teams and Arabic speakers​

Broadcaster had told viewers that Israeli forces had entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and were 'targeting' medical teams​

In fact, the IDF had announced that its forces entering the hospital “included” medical teams and Arabic speakers.

On its corrections page, the BBC said that its report “was incorrect and misquoted a Reuters report. We should have said IDF forces included medical teams and Arabic speakers for this operation”.

The statement said that the Corporation apologised for this error, “which fell below our usual editorial standards. The correct version of events was broadcast minutes later and we apologised for the mistake on air later in the morning.”

Further:

BBC apologises for reporting Israel ‘targeting’ medical teams and Arabic speakers

Broadcaster had told viewers that Israeli forces had entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and were 'targeting' medical teams

www.jewishnews.co.uk

 

[Margery]

"misquoting" Reuters involved effort, to change the words from the original instead of copying and pasting the text with quotes around it.


They got caught!


Thanks Erika-- it's worth keeping an eye out for those kind of "mistakes".