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I've done a couple of posts so far Tuesday on a Baptist hospital in Gaza that was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike, killing 500 Palestinians: doctors, patients, children. The source for that claim was Hamas. It looks like the New York Times initially reported that it was an Israeli strike to blame, "Palestinians say." Now we have a handful of videos showing a Hamas rocket misfiring and landing in Gaza. As I said, I don't expect Rashida Tlaib to delete her post anytime soon.
Here's the Times:
It's like the "Homer into the Bushes" meme just with NYT pic.twitter.com/w2lOIwUgTc
— American Prometheus (@daniopp) October 17, 2023
It has served its purpose already. They don't care.
— Le Fleur (@tbflowers) October 17, 2023
The NY Times editorial cycle:
— Life is a Liberty Matter (@LibertyMatter77) October 17, 2023
1. Spread a lie supporting the narrative
2. Massage it until it's just true enough
3. Deny ever spreading a lie
4. Accuse others opposed to the narrative of spreading misinformation
@nytimes excellent journalisming....
— MBD (@michelledbush) October 17, 2023
— Citizen (@Dreg_Society) October 17, 2023
They're not technically wrong —each side is blaming the other. But the "Israeli airstrike" narrative went out first and has been retweeted the most.
I can confirm, that an analysis of the IDF operational systems indicates, that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the Al-Ahli Al-Mahdi hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit >> pic.twitter.com/OcyuDHJGF8
— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) October 17, 2023
Tlaib will just assume that's Israeli propaganda.
“Israel just bombed…”
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 17, 2023
This reckless, explosive, highly-disputed-to-debunked claim has been live on this person’s feed for three hours and counting. She is a member of Congress. https://t.co/ounYAFhJ1c
Completely on brand. pic.twitter.com/HZQQPZpzbb
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) October 17, 2023
They do realize that the ceasefire they're calling for would force Hamas to stop launching rockets into Israel — is that something they're OK with?
The rocket going wrong and blowing up the hospital was broadcast live on Al Jazeera, ICYMI. It's in my feed. The rocket didn't come from Israel. It was PIJ, which is notorious for rocket fails.
— John Schindler (@20committee) October 17, 2023
It's like something out of an extremely dark Coen brothers movie, but it happened. https://t.co/5YLEpUlCgl
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