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Some of that is just that there's a 24 hour news cycle, and the event is out there so they have to report that it happened. It takes _time_ to untangle what re

Some of that is just that there's a 24 hour news cycle, and the event is out there so they have to report that it happened. It takes _time_ to untangle what really happened in an event like that, and it's not going to happen in a day. I'm not going to get into the politics of that, but I do wish that news orgs would report the necessary context for understanding what "so-and-so claims" really means and letting people have all the information they need so they can judge how many grains of salt are appropriate. A little bit of he-said, she-said is necessary in breaking news, but there should be a lot of caveats that go along with reporting like that.

calibas 3y ago
You have a country full of starving people, an active war, and trucks full of food guarded by soldiers of the opposing force. You also have the UN, a somewhat independent organization that's supposed to help resolve the conflict, and they're saying Israel is intentionally restricting Gaza's food supply. Understanding this context, seeing all the threads, and there's really not much to untangle. If anything, this was entirely predictable. Nobody should be surprised that starvation was enough to provoke a violent conflict between Palestinians and the IDF. I believe the news media is here to provide clarity, not add to confusion. The problem is that when things are a tangled mess, the media has a lot more to report on. Truth is cut and dry, but when there's a mystery you can just keep going on and on and on... I still remember all the news about OJ Simpson, so much to report and so few facts!