in fact, the man concerned was a gazan blogger and singer called saleh aljaafari. instead of being fake persona used to fabricate evidence of israeli war crimes some of those images of him were old pictures from his instagram posts, while others were of different people altogether. meanwhile, the israeli military confirmed the strike on the ambulance, saying that it was being used by hamas operatives. so as lil su boat pointed out. and the former director of bbc news, richard sambrook, chipped in. aiming to be a reliable, objective source of information amid the fog of war. gaza daily is the latest way in which the bbc world service has responded to global crises following an emergency radio service set up in may during the conflict in sudan and extended tv bulletins in ukraine last year after the country was invaded. it launched last friday. bbc news arabic radio went off air earlier this year, but due to the ongoing war, it s launching an emergency radio service for gaza, s
3-Minute Civics: Making sense of the media
Published: 5/9/2021 12:00:04 PM
‘Mr. Marcus, did you hear that the “Black Lives Matter” people destroyed the Lincoln Memorial?” This is an actual question that was asked in my class. Even worse, before I could respond, two or three others chimed in that they had heard that story and believed it as well.
At the time, I hadn’t heard about the doctored photo that had been circulating on the Internet, but on its face, this sounded like a ridiculous story. Why would people that support the “Black Lives Matter” movement deface the great emancipator? So, after explaining why this story did not seem to make any sense, I went to my old stand-by response: “What is your source for this story?” The student didn’t know the source. I looked it up and found the manufactured meme and a credible source that debunked the story.