Globe and Mail Amends Headline Describing Mahmoud Abbas As “Palestine” President
On May 12, the Globe and Mail published a Reuters article to its website with the following headline: “Palestine’s president blames Israel for Al Jazeera reporter’s killing.” The article itself referred to Abbas as the Palestinian President, not “Palestine’s” president. It does so, because, while the Palestinians desire statehood, they are not yet a state […]
Globe and Mail Issues Correction After Claiming Israeli Town Part of “Palestinian Territory”
In the Globe and Mail on November 20 in print and online, an Associated Press article contained a place line that incorrectly referred to the Israeli town of “Alon Shvut (as) Palestinian Territory”. In fact, Alon Shvut is regarded as an Israeli community that the media describe as a “settlement”. It’s situated southwest of Jerusalem, […]