John McQuaid on Nostr: How an elision in a quote (two quotes actually), seemingly the result an carelessness ...

How an elision in a quote (two quotes actually), seemingly the result an carelessness and then circulated credulously by news media, created a "smoking gun" of alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza. Message for journalists, always but especially when the global stakes are so high: go back to the primary source and check your quotes https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/israel-south-africa-genocide-case-fake-quotes/677198/