Vox-er who ran with bogus Gaza bridge story urges skepticism about #MH17 crash

Posted at 12:27 pm on July 17, 2014 by Sarah D.

Amid reports of a Malaysia Airlines plane crashing in Ukraine, Vox’s Zack Beauchamp urged tweeters not to jump the gun:

Here is your reminder to be skeptical of any single-sourced report on how the plane went down.
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) July 17, 2014

Self-awareness? Zach knows not thy name:

LOL. Says the guy who published ridiculous claim (Gaza-West Bank bridge) based on reading one article on the internet pic.twitter.com/w9hs4O1vkX
— Andrew Stiles (@AndrewStilesUSA) July 17, 2014

Wait … what?

Wow – @zackbeauchamp, who wrote Vox history of Israel-Pal conflict, thinks there's a bridge connecting WB & Gaza! pic.twitter.com/yx8W5leQ0G
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) July 16, 2014

Why Israel and Hamas went to war http://t.co/1A26lHPr2W
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) July 16, 2014

Whoops. Be sure to read all about it.

In light of Beauchamp’s little “reminder,” he’s getting mocked big-time:

.@zackbeauchamp Does Wikipedia have an update yet?
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 17, 2014

Maybe it hit the bridge RT @zackbeauchamp: Here is your reminder to be skeptical of any single-sourced report on how the plane went down.
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) July 17, 2014

Like hypothetical bridges? RT @zackbeauchamp: Here is your reminder to be skeptical of any single-sourced report on how the plane went down.
— Princess Trophy (@chelsea_elisa) July 17, 2014

.@zackbeauchamp Why fly? They could have used the bridge from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 17, 2014

Yep. Anyone who does? I got a bridge in Gaza for sale MT @zackbeauchamp Reminder Be skeptical of single-source report on how plane went down
— Tommy (@FirstTeamTommy) July 17, 2014

Ouch.

Next up from the Vox crew?

Max Fisher furiously clicking through Wikipedia trying to find way to blame this on Israel…stay tuned for Voxplainer.
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) July 17, 2014

Just wait.