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Well yeah, context matters. When Ben gvir or smotritch say one of their extremely stupid things, if you label it as “Israel says” it will be very disingenuous a
by halflife 2y ago
Well yeah, context matters. When Ben gvir or smotritch say one of their extremely stupid things, if you label it as “Israel says” it will be very disingenuous addressing their opinion as the official opinion of the state.
And in the case of Gaza health administration, calling it without mentioning Hamas does the exact opposite, removing important context. And is especially egregious since they never mention how many combatants killed, which makes readers assume that all deaths are civilians (as Gaza health administration is a civilian body).
Think of it like these 2 sentences-
Hospital says 10 people killed.
Military hospital says 10 people killed.
Both will be correct, but omission of context makes you assume different outcomes
- rich_sasha 2y agoI think in an encyclopedia, the distinction you make should in fact be blurred. If there is an article about West Bank settlers' poor health, say, I don't want to mix in politics and Palestine-Israel conflict. It is irrelevant who in the government champions settlements, or that they are widely considered illegal. If numbers come from biased sources, you mention that directly. Referring to Gaza institutions in general as Hamas-lead is adding implicit context - it says "according to Hamas and it's questionable". An encyclopedia should use the latter language. Also it's not like every single thing coming out of Gaza is untrue, just because Hamas is there. Just like it shouldn't say flat earthers are crazy, people who speed are assholes, or which color is the best.