THE New York Times has issued a clarification over a video falsely portraying Israeli football fans being attacked after a Europa League match in Amsterdam.
A photographer with the Twitter/X username "iAnnet" recorded footage of the violence in Amsterdam between Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and local residents on Thursday night.
Many media outlets and politicians have decried the violence as “antisemitic”, with some referring to the incident as a “pogrom”. Dutch police have launched a large-scale investigation after gangs of youths conducted what Amsterdam’s mayor called “hit and run” attacks on Israeli fans.
But many media outlets have also been criticised on social media for leaving out important context. The clip filmed by Annet was used by mainstream media outlets after it was distributed by the Reuters news agency.
Annet wrote in the comments underneath the clip: “There were some aggressive types among them. It was peaceful. A few people along the line shouted Free Palestine.”
The New York Times then used the clip in an article which portrayed Israeli fans as the ones being attacked, however Annet said the clip showed Israeli fans chasing a man.
Annet noticed that many outlets were ignoring the context she provided, with a screenshot of her video of Maccabi fans chasing pedestrians presented as antisemitic violence.
The photographer shared the correction on her social media, writing that New York Times Journalist Christiaan Triebert had fact-checked the story with her.
The correction states: "An earlier version of this article included a video distributed by Reuters with a script about Israeli fans being attacked. Reuters has since issued a correction saying it is unclear who is depicted in the footage.
"The video’s author told the New York Times it shows a group of Maccabi fans chasing a man on the street - a description The Times independently confirmed with other verified footage from the scene. The video has been removed."
Other outlets have also issued corrections including Belgium news broadcaster RTL. Annet told followers she is yet to receive a response from Sky News to her satisfaction.
Sky News has came under fire after footage shared on social media has shown how the broadcaster edited footage on violence in Amsterdam on Thursday night.
We previously told how the broadcaster deleted a tweet about football fans from Israel chanting racist slurs before being attacked in the city.
