National Public Radio’s ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen released an explanation and apology Monday for a map published on the news organization’s website that erased Israel from the Middle East.<br />On January 24, NPR’s blog Goats and Soda, which covers health and culture issues around the world, ran a piece titled, “What Are You Afraid Of In 2016?<br />Globetrotters Share Their Fears.”<br />“The map portion of the illustration had a number of mistakes,” Jensen wrote.<br />“The most notable being that Israel was labeled as ‘Palestine.'”<br />The pro-Israel website HonestReporting.com was the first to recognize the blunder.<br />Its managing editor, Simon Plosker, wrote on their website, “It is completely unacceptable for NPR to publish an image that erases Israel from the map.<br />That nobody at NPR recognized just how problematic this image is on multiple levels speaks volumes about the deficiencies in the editorial process.”
