More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
During MSNBC’s 3 p.m. ET hour on Monday, anchor Kate Snow and Middle East correspondent Martin Fletcher apologized for using false maps depicting Israeli and Palestinian territory during a Thursday segment about escalating violence in the region. Snow began: “Last Thursday, in an attempt to talk about the context for the current turmoil in the Middle East we showed a series of maps of the changing geography in that region. We realized after we went off the air the maps were not factually accurate and we regret using them.”
Turning to Fletcher, Snow reiterated: “Clearly those maps – that set of maps was wrong. Tell us why.” Fletcher admitted: “Well, Kate, first of all, I wish I'd said it right away when I saw them. The bottom line is that the first map showed the area as if it was a Palestinian state....it was completely wrong. I mean, there was no Palestinian – there was no state called Palestine.”