Posted on 10/18/2023 9:23:50 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Reporters and major news outlets claimed without evidence that Israel blew up a hospital in Gaza. They were wrong.
When a hospital in the Gaza Strip blew up on Tuesday night, U.S. and international news media uncritically reported Hamas terrorists' claims of an Israeli massacre. The White House and Israel have since refuted that account, citing imagery, intercepts, and open-source information.
Many of the same outlets have obsessed over the spread of "misinformation" in recent years yet created their own by parroting Hamas during a war the terror group savagely provoked with Israel. The journalistic fiasco was an example of the media's tendency to adopt the Palestinians' narrative about the conflict with Israel, even when that narrative is unsupported by the facts. In this case, there were geopolitical consequences: U.S. Democratic lawmakers and Arab leaders condemned Israel for the bombing, Jordan canceled a planned summit with Biden, and riots broke out in the West Bank and elsewhere in the Muslim world. Immediately after the hospital blast, which occurred around 7:30 p.m. local time, outlets reported that Israel had bombed the facility, killing hundreds of Palestinians. The reports generally referred to their source—the Hamas terrorist group that governs Gaza—as "Palestinian officials" or "health authorities."
Journalists on X also promoted Hamas's version of events without proof. Then, as evidence began to emerge suggesting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Hamas affiliate in Gaza, bombed the hospital, many of those journalists fought to prevent the media coverage from shifting.
No need to read the list. It was clear 24 hours after the slaughter of Israelis that the left was fine with it. Usual suspects.
Israel tweeted that they hit the hospital then removed the tweet. Not good.
Well,yes. Red counties do not chain their police.
Well,yes. Red counties do not chain their police.
Well,yes. Red counties do not chain their police.
Is anyone surprised that the Mockingbird Media are terrorist sympathizers?
Taqiyah. Islamic lying for the faith. Even the word itself is lied about. Google it and the spin is it is lying under duress. Since savage acts of war are typical by Islamic warriors , lying about it is no surprise.
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