Is it OK for NYT, CNN and squad members to report misinformation

[Dill]

(10-18-2023, 09:57 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: My OP was only meant to point out the disinformation being put out within minutes (not hours) Israel strike on hospital in Gaza kills 100's. Then Talib uses the misinformation and tweets it as fact to the world. Now we have American embassies facing violent protests in the middle east. We have a protest at the capital where Talib doubled down and blamed Israel.

The NYT has walked back their reporting, but the match was lit. Talib expands the propaganda versus setting the record straight to protesters today, she refuses to ever accept the facts.

Do you think the CNN (international news desk) and NYT retractions will make the damage go away. Hamas and other terrorists within Gaza are using them as human shields. My guess is they still think Israel attacked the hospital because CNN and NYT said they did as well as a US Congress Woman. The answer by many is to ignore it. That would be a huge mistake and exactly what a terrorist organization like Hamas wants.

This is a world disinformation article, a war of words Hamas wins when they bomb their own, but can get the media and politicians to say Israel did it. It amazes me people dismiss women being raped, kidnapped, babies killed and in some cases beheaded, babies kidnapped. People dancing and celebrating peace one minute and dead or kidnapped the next. They were not soldiers, they were citizens just like many of us. I hope people realize what happened in Israel can happen in the US. I hope people realize the 2nd amendment may save lives if a Hamas, Isis or terror group attacks the wrong family.

It is very unlikely that crowds protesting before US embassies throughout the Middle East are reacting to Tlaib and the NYT. Their own news sources, relying on staff at the bombed hospital, immediately put out the "Israel did it " version. 

Odd to hear you complaining about "disinformation" while asserting that people "dismiss women being raped, kidnapped, babies being killed . . . etc.," and then linking an attack in Israel to a 2nd Amendment to US home defense against ISIS or HAMAS.

This is a conflict which has been chronically under reported in the US, with very little balance. So I'm always a bit skeptical when people start complaining about "disinformation" during Arab-Israeli conflicts, especially if the people complaining have never made much effort to balance their own information intake.
"Accuracy," and judgment thereof, also requires some background knowledge.