I’ve responded to a few examples recently in this thread. That we would be inundated with this false information is entirely predictable and to be expected. https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentar...tion-play-key-role-in-israel-hamas-fight.html Lack of accountability and individual will to fact check posts that fit into one’s preferred narrative makes this a much bigger problem for people who get their news from social media. Examples on social media can be found here: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-israel-hamas-gaza-false-crisis-actors-068772255064 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/us/politics/israel-gaza-war-misinformation-videos.html I’m not at all swayed by excuses that one side is more evil than the other, so it’s fine to spread lies about them.
The only link you post there that has any concrete example of Israel allegedly lying is the AP News one saying there isn't a crisis actor, which is evidently false. We have all seen Mr. FAFO. But we have seen COUNTLESS examples of Hamas lying. So you are saying one side is not more evil than the other? Wow.
Videos were circulated purportedly of the same person, which was shown to be false. There are many other false claims documented in the AP link. I didn’t say they all originated from Israel, did I? I didn’t and am not saying that. In my view, there is nothing more evil in this conflict than the targeting killing of unarmed civilians by Palestinian terrorist fighters. But, quite frankly, discerning fact from fiction matters more to me than statements of who is more evil.
You don't deal with HAMAS when they kill autistic kids and kids with cerebral palsey...they are pure evil they need to be eradicated. DD
It’s pretty simple. I just don’t think people should rely on an unsourced tweet to decide whether this is fact or fiction. Here is a real news article about it: https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-sa...-prison-chief-dismissing-strikers-complaints/ It is simple enough for this person to include a link, but he chooses not to do so which I find frustrating.
Not sure why that would be your main concern, rather than which side showed human empathy by helping even an enemy, and which side proved to be ungrateful, hateful and pure evil.
When it comes to news media, discerning truth is always my primary concern. Everything else comes after that.
Which people should independently verify with a trusted news source that practices actual journalism. Why does that bother you so much?
