Courtesy of the NYT of course.
https://www.thefp.com/p/misinformation-at-the-new-york-times-gaza
Scores of Palestinians are dead after a blast late yesterday at a hospital in Gaza, a horrific tragedy.
Hamas immediately blamed Israel. And then so did the paper of record.
Very soon after the incident, The New York Times published a story with the headline “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say” and sent it out as a breaking news notification. They did so relying on Hamas’s word on the matter.
Israeli authorities soon after denied responsibility. An IDF spokesperson said that no Israeli aircraft had been operating in the area of the hospital at the time of the explosion. Israel has released footage they say shows that the hospital was struck by a wayward missile fired from within Gaza. The spokesperson further said the Israeli military will release recordings of intercepted conversations and drone footage that they claim demonstrates the hospital was hit by a rocket fired by Gaza-based terrorist group Islamic Jihad.
Realizing their mistake, editors at the Times changed the headline on their homepage to: “At Least 500 Dead in Strike on Gaza Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
And then changed it again to: “At Least 500 Dead in Blast at Gaza Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
So in the space of several hours, it went from an Israeli strike to an ambiguous blast.
When the Misinformation Comes From Inside the House
https://www.thefp.com/p/misinformation-at-the-new-york-times-gaza
Scores of Palestinians are dead after a blast late yesterday at a hospital in Gaza, a horrific tragedy.
Hamas immediately blamed Israel. And then so did the paper of record.
Very soon after the incident, The New York Times published a story with the headline “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say” and sent it out as a breaking news notification. They did so relying on Hamas’s word on the matter.
Israeli authorities soon after denied responsibility. An IDF spokesperson said that no Israeli aircraft had been operating in the area of the hospital at the time of the explosion. Israel has released footage they say shows that the hospital was struck by a wayward missile fired from within Gaza. The spokesperson further said the Israeli military will release recordings of intercepted conversations and drone footage that they claim demonstrates the hospital was hit by a rocket fired by Gaza-based terrorist group Islamic Jihad.
Realizing their mistake, editors at the Times changed the headline on their homepage to: “At Least 500 Dead in Strike on Gaza Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
And then changed it again to: “At Least 500 Dead in Blast at Gaza Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
So in the space of several hours, it went from an Israeli strike to an ambiguous blast.
