‘Fake News’ Catches Up With Haaretz‘s Chemi Shalev

By Published On: June 26, 2018

Yesterday, Haaretz ran a news analysis by veteran reporter Chemi Shalev which, in part, castigated President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for depicting “the media’s reports and opinions . . . as ‘fake news'” (“By Bashing the Media, Trump and Netanyahu Foster Their Tribalist, Right-wing Support“). Ironically, Haaretz today published a correction about that very column, clarifying that “a quote was attributed erroneously to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, which she did not say.”

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What exactly was the quote “which she did not say”? Shalev wrote:

Reacting to allegations made last year by Police Chief Roni Alsheikh that police officers investigating Netanyahu were being harassed and followed, Shaked noted that the police commander was “the new protected darling of the left and the media.”

But as Israeli journalist Amit Segal (of Channel 2 and Makor Rishon) tweeted, the quote, in fact, derives from an anonymous talkback to an article in Rotter, an Israeli news site, which mentions both Alsheikh and Shaked in the context of investigations of Netanyahu.

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That Haaretz was compelled to correct a fake quote in a news analysis, which ironically dismissed complaints about “fake news” as a deplorable political ploy, is reminiscent of a recent New York Times correction later dubbed “the correction of the year.”

Haaretz deleted the fake quote from its digital article, but, contrary to standard journalistic practice, did not alert readers to the change.

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