Washington Post Retracts Fake News Story About Deaths at Gaza Aid Site
One of the biggest names in news just got caught. The Washington Post had to admit they messed up. Big time. They printed a story that was, well, just not true. Fake news, as some might say, and this time, they had to own up to it.
The Post had loudly claimed that Israeli soldiers shot at people trying to get food in Gaza. Sounds terrible, right? The problem? It was a story peddled by Hamas, the terrorist group. The Washington Post even had to take down a post on X (what we used to call Twitter) and fix their article because their story didn’t meet their own “fairness standards.” Imagine that!
“Correction: We’ve deleted the post below because it and early versions of the article didn’t meet Post fairness standards.”
The paper later mumbled something in an editor’s note about how its original article “failed to make clear if attributing the deaths to Israel was the position of the Gaza health ministry or a fact verified by The Post.” They also admitted they “didn’t give proper weight to Israel’s denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any Israeli role in the shootings.” In plain English? They jumped the gun and printed claims without doing their homework, just like so many in the media often do.
The Post had loudly claimed that Israeli soldiers shot at people trying to get food in Gaza. Sounds terrible, right? The problem? It was a story peddled by Hamas, the terrorist group. The Washington Post even had to take down a post on X (what we used to call Twitter) and fix their article because their story didn’t meet their own “fairness standards.” Imagine that!
“Correction: We’ve deleted the post below because it and early versions of the article didn’t meet Post fairness standards.”
The paper later mumbled something in an editor’s note about how its original article “failed to make clear if attributing the deaths to Israel was the position of the Gaza health ministry or a fact verified by The Post.” They also admitted they “didn’t give proper weight to Israel’s denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any Israeli role in the shootings.” In plain English? They jumped the gun and printed claims without doing their homework, just like so many in the media often do.
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