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CNN, BBC and NYT all sent push alerts blaming Israel for killing hundreds of civilians at the hospital.
If, as now looks likely, it is confirmed that the cause was a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad, will they send push alerts correcting the original story?
Of course not.
I may be partial but The Atlantic’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war is necessary. Here’s an important @Yair_Rosenberg piece that argues we must stop glossing over anti-Jewish rhetoric and take it at face value for what it truly means. https://t.co/AbiiLJR4KR
Yes, mpapers must take care not to report rumors or falsehoods. Yes, the Middle East conflict as a whole is very complex.
But it appears overwhelmingly likely that what just occurred was a mass atrocity, which involved deliberate targeting of non-combatants.
Make. That. Clear.
Justin Trudeau publicly recognized this as a terrorist attack over an hour ago. Emanuel Macron did so six (!) hours ago.
Why can mainstream newspapers still not do the same?
Remarkable how similarly, and how similarly inaccurate, all the major newspapers are describing what just happened in Israel on their front pages.
All are talking, vaguely, about “militants” who are “launching attacks”; not about the apparent murder and kidnapping of civilians.
Nothing “military” about this - straight-up terror attack, with civilians as the explicit target. Of course, we’ve witnessed this from Hamas for years but the scale and brutality of this is unprecedented.
"This wasn’t just an intelligence failure. It was an everything failure."
My thoughts in @theatlantic.
"A Devastating Attack by Hamas: How Did Israel Not See it Coming?"
https://t.co/3UPH7ydoSY
"Hamas has backers—Iran and Syria foremost among them—and unlike the flatfooted Israelis, they and their backers are likely to have had plenty of time to think through how the war will unfold." -- @gcaw:
From this piece:
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