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Australian Broadcasting Corp. apologizes to lobby group

June 29, 2009 – 8:00 am

austbroadcorpA report from the JTA:

Australia’s national public broadcaster has apologized for a report that claimed Israel’s security fence was ruled to be illegal by the Supreme Court.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. apologized Wednesday to a Jewish lobby group and corrected an April 25 report which stated that “both the International Court of Justice and Israel’s Supreme Court have ruled that the West Bank wall is illegal and must be pulled down.” …

In a letter to the affairs council this week, Australian Broadcasting Corp. representative Kieran Doyle apologized for "this lapse in editorial standards." He advised that an editor’s note had been attached to the online transcript of the report noting the error, and that the matter also has been posted on the corrections page of ABC News…

Thanks, Steve!

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The El Guerbouzi apologies continue

July 11, 2006 – 8:00 am

From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

In an article published on 9 July 2005, it was reported that Mr El Guerbouzi was a suspect in the hunt for those responsible for the London bombings of 7 July 2005.
In fact, Mr El Guerbouzi has never been involved in terrorist activity and has lived peacefully in North London with his family for 30 years.
The ABC apologises for any embarrassment caused.

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