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Look we don’t know if we’re evil but we are very certain that Iran is incredibly based
What this reads like to me
Reminds me of a thread on Reddit of photos of Israeli missiles stuck in civilian buildings (apartment blocks). People asking where it was from and not one comment stating it was a Syrian city and where the missiles came from.
Treat everything you see as unconfirmed, no mater if it is for or against your beliefs. Manipulation is everywhere.The criticism raises a legitimate issue, but the cause is usually structural rather than intentional. News outlets often use phrases like “X says” when they cannot independently verify the information. That situation is more common with casualty reports from states where they have limited access. When the outlet has confirmation from sources it considers reliable, it will report the deaths directly. This creates a pattern that looks biased even though it often comes from verification constraints instead of design.
Iran’s reports are frequently treated with caution because the state tightly controls information, foreign journalists have restricted access, and strike sites cannot be independently examined. Casualty figures released by Iranian authorities have also been revised or withheld in past events. These conditions lower outside confidence in the accuracy of initial statements.
The first headline uses “Iran says” because the newspaper likely could not verify the reported casualties inside Iran, especially during a breaking event. The second headline states the deaths as fact because the information from Israel was independently confirmed. The result may look like a double standard, but it generally reflects what reporters can confirm at the time rather than an intentional bias.
The cause in this case is almost certainly intentional. The NYT has a documented history of publishing Israeli state propaganda as fact without any independent verification.
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/
It’s also not like Israel allows the press to operate freely. They actively suppress and censor reporters.
Worse, if they can’t censor a journalist then they’ll simply assassinate them and often murder their entire family.
For the NYT, reporting an Israeli claim as fact in this way is journalistic malpractice. But what can we really expect from a paper that has been convincing US liberals that American war crimes are actually a good thing? They were even publishing articles in support of this war once it became clear what Trump’s intentions were.
Maybe if it was a one-off instead of a consistent pattern for 30+ years.
The concern about a persistent pattern is understandable, and it is true that Western media often display asymmetries in how they frame casualty reports from different states. However, the consistency of the pattern does not automatically imply intentional bias. It usually stems from the same structural constraints repeating themselves across many events.
Verification works unevenly across countries. Israel, for example, allows extensive access to foreign journalists, has numerous independent local outlets, and provides casualty figures that can often be corroborated through hospitals, international observers, or on-the-ground reporting. Because multiple independent channels confirm the information, newsrooms feel justified presenting it as established fact.
Iran, by contrast, restricts foreign reporters, tightly controls internal media, and limits access to strike sites. Independent verification is much more difficult. That constraint shows up every time there is a major event inside the country. Reporters default to “Iran says” not because of a conscious editorial decision to cast doubt, but because they cannot authenticate the numbers through independent means. When this dynamic recurs across decades, the headlines reflect that repetition.
This does not mean the outcome is neutral. The effect can resemble a double standard, and journalists should be aware of how repeated verification asymmetries shape public perception. But the underlying cause tends to be logistical rather than ideological. The pattern persists because the same structural limitations persist, not because editors are intentionally trying to signal doubt toward one side and certainty toward the other.
In this case, both attacks were verified by the same means: video and Google maps.
The existence of the attacks were, but not the details.
just in case anyone here doesn’t already know, the death toll from the US-Israel bombing of the elementary girls school is currently at 164 with dozens more wounded. Victims are mostly little girls aged 9-12.
For some reason our western media seems reluctant to spread this basic factual information…
*edited US to US-Israel so that it’s super duper accurate
Because the administration involved in killing 100+ little girls are also involved in covering up a sex trafficking ring raping and molesting 100+ little girls.
Has there been any official statement as to why it was targetted?
Did they mistake it for something else, bad intelligence?
Did the missile malfunction?
I mean, I can imagine them doing it on purpose for some fucked up reason but they have to have an excuse, no?
Israel is using the “they have underground facilities there, trust us” tactic again
To “break their spirit”, same as the Nazis tried when they bombed British cities?!
Schools and hospitals seem to be the factory default target for Israeli missiles
It aligns with that the US and Israel are terrorist states. Aiming for targets which spreads the most fear and despair seems to be a part of their plan. Making parents reluctant to send their kids to school is an efficient way of imobolizing people.
It’s an illegal war in the first place, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a continuous stream of war crimes going forward.
Neither Israel nor the US took credit for the strike that hit the school so this could be a matter of genuinely not knowing which of the two was responsible.
The US military’s Central Command (Centcom) said it was looking into reports of the incident, while Israel’s military said it was “not aware” of any IDF operations in the area.
I know the people in charge are beyond incompetent but I imagine that the US military knows exactly where every last one of their 6-7 figure missiles went. That doesn’t mean we ever will.
The US Military as a whole might, but Captain Mediatrained they have answering questions might not know or might not be able to get thag info.
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
Someone knows which missile it was. They don’t just mix in missiles on the same target, it was either an Israeli strike or an American, and whoever fired it knows.
They don’t need to be when they have the support of the moneyed interests all they care about is profit.
It may well have been their own faulty missile falling back to the ground.
I wouldn’t put it past them for a second to claim that.
Where’s my Lemming who wants to argue all the information is in the article and if people only focus on the headline they’re stupid?
