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LONDON: Only two regional media outlets CNN Arabic and London-based Asharq Al-Awsat have corrected a mistake relating to coverage of late Saudi Oil Minister Ahmad Zaki Yamani.
Following his death on Feb. 23, the aforementioned outlets were two of many that mistakenly reported that he was the first secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) despite OPEC itself confirming this was not the case.
The common mistake was exposed at the time by the Arab News Research & Studies Unit, which tracked coverage of Yamani’s death and found that most Saudi and regional media outlets relied on his Arabic Wikipedia page. The Wikipedia entry contained inaccurate and unsourced information.