Does CBS News Know Where Jerusalem Is?
The Western Wall, a pilgrimage site for Jewish believers in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Matteo Placucci via Getty Images)
‘Do not refer to it as being in Israel,’ said the network’s senior director of standards and practices.
In late August, Mark Memmott, the senior director of standards and practices at CBS News, sent an email to all CBS News employees reminding them to “be careful with some terms when we talk or write about the news” from Israel and Gaza. One of the words on Memmott’s list of terms was Jerusalem.
Of Jerusalem, Memmott wrote: “Do not refer to it as being in …
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