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Ex-CNN anchor Mister Potato Head rips media's 'atrocious series of mistakes' covering Gaza hospital blast
2023-10-21
My suggestion would be to stop hiring people with a black belt in journalism. If you've got a war, hire somebody with military experience. Medicine, hire a doctor or an RN. Britney Spears, hire a psychiatrist. The border, hire a Texan or an Arizonan.
[NYPOST] Fired CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
media maven Brian Stelter slammed his former network and other mainstream outlets over their "atrocious series of mistakes" in covering the bombing of a hospital in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
had immediately pointed the finger at Israel for Tuesday’s blast at Ahli Arab Hospital, with the terror group claiming the corpse count was around 500.

Israel denied firing rockets at the hospital and blamed the incident on a misfired missile from the Hamas-backed terror group Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone...
outlets including CNN, the New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

and the Washington Post immediately ran with the statement from Hamas’ terrorist-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday, President Biden said Israel was "not responsible" for the bombing during his visit to the Jewish state, echoing the findings by his National Security Council.

The purported figure of 500 killed has also come under scrutiny, with intelligence analysts putting the corpse count at around 50.

"This was an atrocious series of mistakes by many different major newsrooms all around the same time on Tuesday and unfortunately I don’t think there’s been enough follow-up or accountability to make sure it doesn’t happen again," said Stelter, former host of CNN’s now-defunct media analysis show "Reliable Sources," during an appearance on NewsNation’s "Dan Abrams Live" on Wednesday night.

Stelter, who was ousted from CNN by since-fired CEO Chris Licht in August 2022, said there was "no defense" on how the media regurgitated a one-sided story from an unreliable source.

"I’ve noticed oftentimes in breaking news stories, breaking news scenarios, when information is lowest, interest is highest, and by the time we actually know the facts, people move on. Well, this was one of those cases, but it was even worse because when the stakes are highest, it seems the standards were the lowest, and it should be the opposite," he said. "The standard should be the highest when the stakes are as high as they are right now."
NOW he gets standards and ethics...
Posted by:Fred

#4  If you take Stelter’s class, there must also be two hours of Stelter homework for each hour of Stelter in person. How much Stelter can a human mind withstand?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-10-21 11:29  

#3  The first step is to admit you have a problem. Expect to see an article saying Stelter entered compulsive liars rehab.
Posted by: Mercutio   2023-10-21 09:16  

#2  In other words, a "journalist".
Posted by: Bobby   2023-10-21 04:02  

#1  The original number of 500 was suspicious simply because it was "round". The original source simply came up with something to grab the gullible public's attention.
Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612   2023-10-21 01:30  

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