Oh look. What a urprise. Bigoted Cobb-Smith "provides his expertise" to WaPo on the WCK accident

At EoZ ^ | 2.3.24

[Milagros]

Oh look. What a urprise. Bigoted Cobb-Smith "provides his expertise" to WaPo on the WCK accident.

Quoted in: IDF chief apologizes as details emerge of strike that picked off Gaza aid cars one by one Halevi: Deaths of 7 WCK staffers 'a mistake that followed a misidentification, at night, in very complex war conditions'; report claims 'each commander makes his own rules' in Gaza. By Jacob Magid. TOI, 3 Apr, 2024.

Here is a bit about this propagandist Cobb-Smiths.

StandWithUs @StandWithUs:

One example of Cobb-Smith's bias - he wrote the guide that is linked above for an organization that opposes Israel's existence.

May 24, 2022 https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1529200160210821121

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CAMERA, January 9, 2024.

Cnn’s Investigations: Biased Expert Analysis Expert analysis, when used properly, can help audiences contextualize factual reporting. But when used improperly, it can mislead audiences by exaggerating or downplaying certain details to fit into a preconceived narrative. Repeatedly, CNN’s investigations have fallen into the latter category by portraying demonstrably biased “experts” as neutral sources...

Another glaring example is the reliance on Chris Cobb-Smith in CNN’s May 2022 investigation that accused Israel of “targeting” the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during an IDF counterterror operation in Jenin. Cobb-Smith is introduced to readers as “an explosive weapons expert.” Authored by Zeena Saifi, Eliza Mackintosh, Celine Alkhaldi, Kareem Khadder, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, and Abeer Salman, the article uses him for the proposition that there was “no chance” the gunfire that killed Abu Akleh could have been “random firing” because of the “tight grouping of the rounds” that hit a tree nearby the journalist. The proposition was questionable for several reasons, explored here.

But like Garlasco, the authors hid Cobb-Smith’s affiliations that raise questions as to his credibility. Cobb-Smith was an adviser with an organization known for its anti-Israel advocacy, Forensic Architecture, which also promotes the boycott and sanctioning of Israel. That is, CNN turned to an advisor from an organization that advocates against Israel to make a claim against Israel without mentioning that detail.

And that organization is known for making clearly absurd allegations against Israel.

For example, well after it was plainly clear for any impartial observer that the explosion at al-Ahli Hospital was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket, Forensic Architecture, and Cobb-Smith in particular, were still engaging in pseudoscientific analysis to suggest it was an IDF (referred to as “IOF,” which stands for “Israeli Occupation Force,” showing clear bias) artillery shell that hit the hospital. The social media thread even compared the scene at the hospital to an image of what it claimed was an “artillery shell” impact in Ukraine that actually turned out to have been caused by a rocket (Forensic Architecture quietly" admitted this a month later).

https://www.camera.org/article/people/cobb-smith-chris/

[Red Badger]

I hate urprises.....................

[Uncle Miltie]

When Israel kills a civilian, it’s a mistake for which they apologize.

When ham ass kills a civilian, it’s the accomplishment of a goal for which they hand out candy.