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News outlets backtrack on Gaza blast after relying on Hamas as key source
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https://www.npr.org/2023/10/24/1208075395/israel-gaza-hospital-strike-media-nyt-apology
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The initial coverage of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital last week offers a fresh reminder of how hard it can be to get the news right — and what happens when it goes awry.
The Israeli government has denied the Hamas claim, asserting the blast came from a failed rocket that they say was fired by the militant group known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The original headline atop the paper’s website and sent out in push alerts to millions of subscribers read: “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians say.”
A spokesperson for the Times says the paper reviewed those “problematic” postings last year, when the issue was first raised, and took actions “to ensure he understood our concerns and could adhere to our standards.”
And its credibility has also been challenged: For instance, the Israeli military initially denied that one of its soldiers had fired the shot last year that killed the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh of Al Jazeera.
By contrast, the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights put out a call on the day of the blast for the protection of civilian life and for the incident to be the subject of an independent investigation.
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