Complaint
In a report prompted by the death of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar the 麻豆官网首页入口 correspondent Wyre Davies said 鈥淗is death will not bring about an immediate end to Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza but with continued Israeli military operations against Hamas across the Palestinian territory, in which hundreds of civilians have also been killed, it might bring the end of the war a little closer鈥.聽 A listener challenged this, on the basis that there was no evidential basis for a definitive statement that Sinwar鈥檚 death would not bring about an immediate end to the conflict, and that 鈥渉耻苍诲谤别诲蝉鈥 grossly understated the number of civilian casualties.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
The remark about the likely effect of Sinwar鈥檚 death was an example of the kind of judgement the 麻豆官网首页入口 expects its correspondents to make on the basis of their expertise and the information they have gleaned in the course of their reporting, and the judgement in question has proven sound.聽 As to 鈥渉耻苍诲谤别诲蝉鈥, Mr Davies was referring to the recent stages of the ongoing Israeli military operation, not to the cumulative death toll since 8 October 2023.聽 The ECU found no inaccuracy in either case.
Not upheld