Thanks to the efforts of the Polish Embassy in Washington and Polish-American organisations in the United States, on 15 February, The Associated Press officially informed about a change in its style book, banning the expression “Polish death camps”. In response to an intervention by the Polish Embassy in the offices of The Associated Press on 6 February (following the Agency’s publication on the Auschwitz concentration camp), on 15 February, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington received a letter from David Mithorn, Deputy Standards Editor. [more]

Thanks to prompt action by the Polish Embassy in Washington, the Los Angeles Times apologised for its use of the phrase “Polish concentration camp” and published a correction on the same day. The incorrect phrase was found in the article: “The ethics of disaster tourism: what is the right thing to do”? written by Catharine M. Hamm. [more]