ABC News apologizes for recently for a mistake they made misidentifying photos of Palestinians as Israelis standing amid ruins in the aftermath of an airstrike Tueday, reports The Blaze. Diane Saywer, anchor for "World News" ABC News apologizes on television this week.
Diane Saywer, anchor for "World News" ABC News apologizes on-air and said, 'I misidentified these powerful images. The people in these photos are Palestinians in Gaza in the aftermath of an airstrike by Israel, not Israelis, as I mistakenly described them. We want you to know we are truly sorry for the error."
According to the New York Daily News, the error which ABC News apologizes for began Tuesday night during 'ABC World News' of the rapidly escalating crisis between Israel and the Palestinians.
Referring to an Associated Press photo, anchor Diane Sawyer reportedly described the people in the image as Israelis "trying to salvage what they can" after being attacked by Palestinian missiles.
Apparently, the people in the photo were not Israelis but rather Palestinians walking through the debris of belongings after Israelis held an air strike over the area.
Officials of ABC News apologizes red-faced early Thursday morning for the misidentification of shell-shocked Palestinians as Israeli victims.
It was pro-Palestinian reporter Rania Khalek who first identified the people who had been attacked by Israeli air strikes in the photo as Palestinians. After Khalek pointed out the mistake on Wednesday, ABC News apologizes immediately via Facebook during Thursday predawn hours. The company made a statement on their Facebook page and acknowledged their error, saying 'On Tuesday night 'World News' aired a report on the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis, including attacks from both sides. In the introduction to the story, we mistakenly identified a family depicted in a still photo. They are Palestinian, not Israeli. We regret the error and will correct it.'
ABC News apologizes for their error and via Facebook and on-air through Diane Sawyer, while the original AP photo has also been corrected on the news service's website, reports the NY Daily News.
To watch Diane Sawyer's apology on TV, see video below.
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