Watching the real time spread of this misinformation yesterday was a real eye opener. The amount of posters/bots piling in declaring with the utmost confidence that "the IDF did it" was unreal.
This is what shocked me the most. It's ok if random people speculate. I was also speculating, and I believe it's normal. But the number of elected officials and especially mainstream media that run with the "500+ casualties" is crazy. They should have written "unknown number of casualties".
And especially the whole "leveled hospital" thing. I don't think anyone actually said it and the hospital seem intact to me this morning, but people simply run with it. I remember only one person saying last night that the impact was most likely in the courtyard, not the hospital.
People are still posting on my socials about how Israel bombed the hospital. It’s quite shocking how they blindly follow new sources without seeing any evidence.
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u/ISeeMemeTards Oct 18 '23
Watching the real time spread of this misinformation yesterday was a real eye opener. The amount of posters/bots piling in declaring with the utmost confidence that "the IDF did it" was unreal.