[jdeisenberg]

That’s why NPR (National Public Radio in the US) uses a disclaimer: “This is a developing story. Some things that get reported by the media will later turn out to be wrong. We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene. We will update as the situation develops.”

[stevesearer]

I imagine the issue is less that it is a “developing story” and more about the speed at which certain stories/headlines are published and how they are framed.

In this case one has to ask whether there would have been a NYT subscriber news alert had the first reports been that it was an errant Hamas rocket.

[readthenotes1]

I. e., "We are a gossip rag and not to be trusted for credible journalism."

It is no better a disclaimer than the "Palestinian officials say" clause

[woodruffw]

What is your actual counterposition here? That news outfits shouldn’t publish anything until it’s incontrovertible? This is not a practical position to hold; the NPR’s qualification seems reasonable to me in light of the situation.

[hersko]

They shouldn't post anything until they have some sort of third party confirmation, even a simple photo would have shown that the hospital was not even touched. It would have been obvious that there were no 500 civilian casualties etc...

[vxNsr]

> What is your actual counterposition here?

That yelling fire in a theater is dangerous and that is quite literally what the NYT and NPR did.

The falsehoods they repeated caused immediate panic and rioting in many Muslim communities and countries, they’ve burned down synagogues and Israeli embassies over a false story.

[woodruffw]

“Burns down Synagogues” and “reads NPR” are probably largely disjoint sets of people.

I’m Jewish, and I’m exceedingly sensitive to the volatility of the situation. My relatives’ lives depend on it. I do not find NPR’s language particularly objectionable.

[readthenotes1]

Perhaps they listen to the US congressional representative who repeated the same untruths as NPR and AP and the New York Times?