The War in Gaza Is Getting Remixed in Real Time
In any war, onlookers from far outside the conflict zone have to decide what to believe about what is happening. This sounds difficult in theory, and it’s even more so in practice.
This week, after a at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, anybody checking social media for news would have immediately seen conflicting stories about what had happened. Initial news reports Gaza’s health ministry in asserting that the blast had come from an Israeli air strike. Almost instantly, counter-stories blaming the Palestinians went viral. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that data from the U.S. Defense Department had convinced him that the blast was by a with that version of events. More detailed analyses are still pending, but a broader meaning of the hospital story has already been well established: It is “misformation” way or , circulated cynically to slander or , depending on your worldview.
