After many media outlets, including the New York Times, helped spark anti-Israel protests around the world by reporting that an Israeli rocket or bomb struck a hospital in Gaza and killed several hundred people, the truth then started to come out.
The U.S. government has concluded that a rocket fired from inside Gaza hit near a hospital, and it's entirely possible the originally reported death count was wildly exaggerated:
NBC News: The U.S. has an independent assessment that it was Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired and hit the hospital in Gaza, according to two senior U.S. officials.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 18, 2023
Reported by @ckubeNBC
But much of the media, along with Democrats like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Ilhan Omar and others, had the talking point they were after and ran with it.
One reporter who shared the story in a non-skeptical fashion was NBC News' Ben Collins. For bonus "journalism" points he is that network's disinformation, extremism and internet reporter:
Imagine being a reporter who “covers disinformation, extremism, and the internet” who got fooled by
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) October 18, 2023
1) disinformation
2) from extremists
3) on the internet pic.twitter.com/yZalUTVq3Z
The reporter who covers disinformation, extremism and the internet hit the "journalism" trifecta!
So yesterday, @oneunderscore__ retweeted a post lamenting how hard it is to tell what's real from fake on this site, while also pushing the idea that 500 people were killed in a hospital bombing. Maybe one good way to determine if a story is valid is to ignore Ben Collins. pic.twitter.com/tbznydBvJP
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 18, 2023
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Adding to the thick layers of irony, Collins recently received a journalism award:
Any recommendations on a frame for this? Thinking something French gilded but I'm open to suggestions. pic.twitter.com/lemmMUglbV
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 18, 2023
You can't make this stuff up.
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