By now you know how the story started. There was an explosion in a parking lot near a Gaza hospital, and immediately the claim was that Israel destroyed a hospital and killed hundreds of people.
Most of the details in those original reports were not true, but lefties like Rep. Rashida Tlaib continue to repeat the lie in spite of the reality:
U.S. Defense Department Confirms Gaza Hospital Was Struck by Terrorists
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 18, 2023
https://t.co/wP0Ma39eEG
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
The original incorrect reports helped trigger protests around the Middle East:
NEW: Chaos erupts across the Middle East after explosion kills hundreds at a Gaza hospital.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 18, 2023
Beirut, Lebanon: Pro-Palestinian protesters swarm US embassy. Reports of tear gas & fires.
Istanbul, Turkey: Protesters breach Israeli consulate.
Iran: President Raisi threatens “the… pic.twitter.com/kDCqR1PjX3
The New York Times, after originally reporting "fake news" about where the rocket originated and the number of deaths that got an anti-Israel narrative rolling, is still dialing the story back now that the damage from their journalistic malpractice has been done:
FINALLY! A change in the tone of a @NYTImes headline about the hospital explosion.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 18, 2023
"Hospital Blast Caused by Militants, U.S. Says Early Evidence Suggests"
Quite the contrast to yesterday's "Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say" pic.twitter.com/BPXMEDu2Hu
Out: Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say
In: Hospital Blast Caused by Militants, U.S. Says Early Evidence Suggests
This has been nothing short of an embarrassment, and this one's bad even for the New York Times.
Any editors notes or explanation as to why they are making these changes?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 18, 2023
See the problem? https://t.co/ZGP5N0VZrw
The Times is still trying to take the softer approach though:
"militants"
— JWF (@JammieWF) October 18, 2023
"Journalists."
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