Spot Journalistic Bias and Manipulation (was Media Bias)

[Sphinx]

I am reluctant to share a tweet endorsed by an extremely extremely far-left account that hates e v e r y thing about NATO and "the West", it goes so far around the world it pretty much meets Russia on the other side, but it's hard to not notice things like this.

Israeli air strike on Gaza school kills at least 16 people

The school, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, was sheltering displaced people, Palestinian officials say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Liquid]

If the article has been updated by the BBC from first publication, that's one thing.
If the snapshot has been doctored for the tweet, I apologise for sharing it.

 

[Famine]

If the article has been updated by the BBC from first publication, that's one thing.

https://archive.is/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng04kpv2do

It has.

Although why the Tweet shows "15" and the original BBC article as archived shows "16" escapes me.

 

[Pupik]

Not apologizing for the specific situation, but when much of the media landscape reports information with more of a sense of immediacy, rather than providing a concrete historical record, it's fair to shield information if there's information gaps. The secondary situation is rarely possible in the immediate moment, especially in restricted places. "Friendly fire" or accidents do occur, and that makes for a totally different headline, so it's understandable and even responsible to not lay immediate blame, even if you want to, or it's almost 99% certain who is at fault. Thus, an article which appears 30 minutes (or a day or two) after its occurrence versus one that is several days old can have a vastly different approach to a headline, and is not an entirely fair comparison...it happens all the time. In the past, a physical media outlet or over-the-air broadcaster had to issue a retraction or just make a new story out of a news event. Who said social media is fair, anyhow?

Yep, bias about a lack of bias causing more bias.

 

[TexRex]