Media Watchdog Calls on NBC to Correct Titanic Error

Media Watchdog Calls on NBC to Correct Titanic Error

Mistake Bolsters False Russian Claim to North Pole, Says Kincaid

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid today called on NBC Nightly News to apologize for misleading viewers into believing that an image it presented on Monday night's newscast was of a Russian mini-sub under the North Pole. In fact, the image was of a submarine searching for wreckage of the Titanic. While not the first news organization to air the misleading image -- originally broadcast by Russian TV channel Rossiya -- NBC has refused to apologize for or even explain the mistake.

"It is inexcusable that a reputable news organization like NBC would stonewall our request for a correction of the record," said Kincaid. "Reuters corrected its error in this case, and it is high time for NBC to do the same."

In his column, "NBC Promotes Bogus Russian Claim to North Pole," available on the AIM website at http://www.aim.org/, Kincaid makes the case that NBC's failure to correct its error, in addition to its unjustified statement that the North Pole is governed by a U.N. treaty, are embarrassing errors that require immediate correction. Kincaid points to evidence that Americans were the first to set foot on the Pole and travel under it in a submarine, and that American claims to the region are legally valid.

Accuracy in Media is a citizens' media watchdog organization whose mission is to promote fairness, balance, and accuracy in news reporting. Founded in 1969, AIM is the oldest non-profit press watchdog group in America. For more information, please visit http://www.aim.org/.

To arrange an interview with AIM editor Cliff Kincaid, contact Sarah

Schaerr Norton at (202) 364-4401 ext. 107 or sarah.schaerr@aim.org.

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