Saturday, August 9, 2014

CNN Picture from Gaza Turned Out to be from Iraq


Here's another story to remind us all that we should never believe everything that's on the news.

The picture above (that is indeed heartbreaking) was tweeted by CNN's Dan Rivers with hash-tags such as #Israel, #gazaUnderAttack, suggesting it was shot in the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The only "problem" with that picture is that it was actually shot (2 years ago) in Mosul, Iraq.

But who cares as long as it portrays Gaza as the poor victim and Israelis as the evil-doers, right?

At least CNN (and ITV) later admitted the mistake apologized.

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