ABC Airs Gaza Bombing Devastation Images - Says It's In Israel -- RT
In the latest case of Western mainstream media confusing the geographical location of warzones, an ABC News anchor described footage of Gaza homes shortly after their destruction by the IDF as belonging to Israel.
On July 8, veteran ABC news anchor Diane Sawyer, 68, opened up a news segment, entitled Under Attack, with the following introduction: “We take you overseas now to the rockets raining down on Israel today, as Israel tried to shoot them out of the sky, all part of the tinderbox, Israelis and Palestinians [sic].”
In two images that accompanied Sawyer’s narration, she says, “Here are two Israelis trying to salvage what they can, while a woman is standing speechless among the ruins.”
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Update: Diane Sawyer issues apology over Israeli-Palestinian photo mistake -- Al Bawaba
My Comment: In all fairness there are some good U.S. reporting .... but this is just another example (among many) on why the U.S. media is no longer my main source of information .... it is now just one of many
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