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How much of the news you have seen from Hamas/Israel has actually come from a reporter or news crew on the scene? Almost exclusively the content that is not co

How much of the news you have seen from Hamas/Israel has actually come from a reporter or news crew on the scene? Almost exclusively the content that is not coming from government sources themselves is coming from from videos and posts being uploaded by Palestinians/Israelis directly. Even if NPR and others have bailed from having an official presence on Twitter, I can almost guarantee you that individual journalists at said organizations are still probably on it all day scanning for content.

zmk5 3y ago
iirc journalists are not allowed into Gaza and have been stuck at the border.
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api 3y ago
> is coming from from videos and posts being uploaded by Palestinians/Israelis directly. ... which also means it could be coming from Israeli or Hamas (or Iranian or Russian or American or ...) propagandists posing as on the ground citizen reporters and there's nobody on the ground to fact check anything. This is particularly true in the era of deepfakes. You don't even have to stage or mis-caption or mis-attribute photos. You can outright fake things. You don’t even need to be there. That on the ground reporter in Gaza could be in a basement in Idaho using Midjourney and Dall-E. Even if the deepfake is detectable most of the hordes on Xitter will believe it. See, believe, retweet.
technion 3y ago
I just watched the Anthony Bourdain special where he talked to people in Israel about previous wars, and they talked about Twitter saving their lives, calling in NATO strikes by Tweeting about enemy activities.
gausswho 3y ago
May not be from the big name sources you expect, but journalists are there. And 19 known to have died are covered here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/19/journalists-killed-israel-gaza-war/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/19/journalists-...
aaomidi 3y ago
Israel doesn’t allow journalists in since this started. https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-journalists-safety-259bcff10356a8a48d5b7640e8a16274 https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-journalists-safety-25...

zmk5 3y ago

iirc journalists are not allowed into Gaza and have been stuck at the border.

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api 3y ago

> is coming from from videos and posts being uploaded by Palestinians/Israelis directly. ... which also means it could be coming from Israeli or Hamas (or Iranian or Russian or American or ...) propagandists posing as on the ground citizen reporters and there's nobody on the ground to fact check anything. This is particularly true in the era of deepfakes. You don't even have to stage or mis-caption or mis-attribute photos. You can outright fake things. You don’t even need to be there. That on the ground reporter in Gaza could be in a basement in Idaho using Midjourney and Dall-E. Even if the deepfake is detectable most of the hordes on Xitter will believe it. See, believe, retweet.

technion 3y ago

I just watched the Anthony Bourdain special where he talked to people in Israel about previous wars, and they talked about Twitter saving their lives, calling in NATO strikes by Tweeting about enemy activities.

gausswho 3y ago

May not be from the big name sources you expect, but journalists are there. And 19 known to have died are covered here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/19/journalists-killed-israel-gaza-war/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/19/journalists-...

aaomidi 3y ago

Israel doesn’t allow journalists in since this started. https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-journalists-safety-259bcff10356a8a48d5b7640e8a16274 https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-journalists-safety-25...