‘40 beheaded babies’: How media amplified an unconfirmed story
Published date: 13 October 2023 10:10 BST
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Last update: 6 months 2 weeks ago
On Wednesday, the world woke up to newspapers plastered with a horrific headline about ‘40 babies decapitated by Hamas’.
But was the story true? And does it matter?
We dig into the dizzying, circular debate around the darkest story of an already devastating week and ask whether journalists fulfilled their duty to fact-check it, or instead helped Israel justify its policy of ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza.
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But was the story true? And does it matter?
We dig into the dizzying, circular debate around the darkest story of an already devastating week and ask whether journalists fulfilled their duty to fact-check it, or instead helped Israel justify its policy of ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza.
Subscribe and listen to The Big Picture on all podcast platforms: https://thebigpicture.buzzsprout.com/
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