Re:Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
by aCoreyJ on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:57PM
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Yea of course it's false if you ignore the "Palestinians say"... That's why it's there
Re:Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
by anon373839 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @09:59PM
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I believe the point is that the headline was written to suggest that the claims were factual, and to deemphasize their source. An alternate, less manipulative, headline could have been: “Palestinians blame Israel for deadly hospital blast.”
And of course, when you consider the weaselly correction headline after, the slant is undeniable.
Re:Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
by jacooper on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:51AM
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This has only been said by the IDF, the same ones who lied about the children, and lied about poisoning wells in 1948.
So yes it was a bomb from Israel, and Hamas never had such a powerful bomb.
Re:Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry
by marmadukester39 on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:55AM
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Also by US intelligence.
It's pretty grimly funny seeing this in the NYT, days after the banner, page-spanning headline blaring "Israel strike kills hundreds in hospital, Palestinians say" https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/171442640676182856.... It appears that every one of the first six words is a lie, and a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad killed dozens of people in the hospital's parking lot. And then the tepid followup: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/business/media/hospital-b...: "After Hospital Blast, Headlines Shift With Changing Claims: The fast-moving events highlighted the difficulty of covering the war between Israel and Hamas." OSINT Twitter accounts were more judicious and ultimately more accurate way faster.
The NYT is fine if one wants a particular slant to the news, and it may be that social media companies think many people don't. Their cooking vertical for recipes is really good, though.