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Beastly Boy

(12,558 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 07:53 PM Tuesday

Washington Post retracts Gaza aid site story after failing to meet 'fairness standards'

The Washington Post on Tuesday filed a correction to a recent article claiming the IDF killed over 30 people near an aid site in Gaza, naming the source as “health officials.”

The article, published Sunday and viewed over two million times before the correction, was changed because the Washington Post claimed it “didn’t meet Post fairness standards.”

According to a social media post on X/Twitter, the 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.”

Although the original article included statements from Israel, including an initial inquiry indicating IDF soldiers did not fire at civilians at the aid centers, the newspaper admitted it didn’t “give proper weight to Israel’s denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any Israeli role in the shootings.”
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-856456

Fairness standards? Haven't heard this phrase from the media in a looooong time! Almost forgot they exist.
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Richard D

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The gasoline bombing against elderly Jews in Boulder was likely related to the WP and BBC stories.

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