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"...said Palestinian officials" is such a slimy way to absolve them of responsibility. People around the world trust them, like OP over here. They have a respo
by hersko 3y ago
"...said Palestinian officials" is such a slimy way to absolve them of responsibility.
People around the world trust them, like OP over here. They have a responsibility to do even basic verification work before posting something that they know will ignite riots around the world. The IDF seems very open about the strikes they make, were they reached out to for comment? Should the reporter have thought to themselves, "hey, does it make sense that Israel would bomb a hospital packed with civilians right as the US president is about to visit? Would Israel so blatantly destroy the relatively high global goodwill and backing they currently have? What do they have to gain?" It makes no sense if you think about it for half a second, yet these "reputable news sources" sent push notifications to millions of people to spew a complete lie form Hamas when THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTUAL EVENT SINCE IT NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
- dfaomiopnio 3y ago[dead]
- philwelch 3y ago> There was an explosion at a hospital that killed hundreds of people. This is not in dispute. There is no evidence that hundreds of people were killed. The EU believes the death toll to be between 10-50.
- dfaomiopnio 3y agoThe US puts the death toll at 100-300, for whatever unclassified documents from US intelligence are worth. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/world/middleeast/gaza-hospital-blast-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/world/middleeast/gaza-hos... I can't find the EU number, but I'll take your word for it. It's entirely possible the death toll is lower. I don't claim that we know anything for certain.
- DeeplyDisturbed 3y agoYou originally claimed "The event happened. There was an explosion at a hospital that killed hundreds of people. This is not in dispute."
- _kbh_ 3y ago> The event happened. There was an explosion at a hospital that killed hundreds of people. This is not in dispute. Looking at the crater left behind by the missile and the damage radius I find it very hard to believe that hundreds of people died.
- diggan 3y ago> People around the world trust them, like OP over here. They have a responsibility to do even basic verification work before posting something that they know will ignite riots around the world. Yes, I'm sure they verified exactly what Palestinian officials said. What they didn't verify (and what the articles were not about) is if the "facts" the Palestinian officials gave them were correct or not. The articles are not investigative articles that strive to report only the truth and facts, but more informal articles that gives you what various people had said.