Hell freezes over: NY Times issues an apology for ‘incorrect’ reporting on Gaza hospital attack
October 23, 2023 | Kevin Haggerty | Print Article
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Citing propaganda proved painful for the Gray Lady as an uncommon step was taken to amend for pushing claims from terrorists.

Debunked reports about Israel’s responsibility for an explosion at a hospital may not have stood in the way of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D) continued screeds, but it was problematic for the editors at The New York Times. As a result, nearly a week after backpedaling headlines brought further shame on the once exemplary paper of record, a rare stand-alone editors’ note was published as a mea culpa.

“The Times’s initial accounts attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast. However, the early versions of the coverage — and the prominence it received in a headline, news alert and social media channels — relied too heavily on claims by Hamas,” noted the editors, “and did not make clear that those claims could not immediately be verified. The report left readers with an incorrect impression about what was known and how credible the account was.”-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Get your woolies out, Tinker.