Gaza Hospital Blast: The Mainstream Misinformation Merchants

In recent years, “mainstream” media organizations have focused on the dangerous spread of misinformation on social media. The problem has been described as so grave that efforts have been made to censor speech on the internet, even in collusion with the government. But last night’s rush by the world’s leading news organizations to spread terrorist propaganda during wartime, with severe real-world consequences, was an egregious failure of the legacy media that completely obliterates any claim they have to be trustworthy gatekeepers.

To catch everybody up, on Tuesday night, there was an explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Hamas immediately claimed that it was hit in an Israeli air strike, and conflicting reports out of Gaza suggested that anywhere from dozens to 500 people were killed.

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Philip Klein

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In recent years, “mainstream” media organizations have focused on the dangerous spread of misinformation on social media. The problem has been described as so grave that efforts have been made to censor speech on the internet, even in collusion with the government. But last night’s rush by the world’s leading news organizations to spread terrorist propaganda during wartime, with severe real-world consequences, was an egregious failure of the legacy media that completely obliterates any claim they have to be trustworthy gatekeepers.

To catch everybody up, on Tuesday night, there was an explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Hamas immediately claimed that it was hit in an Israeli air strike, and conflicting reports out of Gaza suggested that anywhere from dozens to 500 people were killed.