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Quick #MediaLiteracy alert:
In Tuesday's piece, which touched on a campaign involving fake US accounts, I forgot to mention that Likud has a history of spreading disinfo internally.
This notice is related: false reports filed in the world's oldest Jewish paper to support Netanyahu's position.
But not new: Back in Oct, Likud was accused of planting a family member in victim talks, to give the impression of more pro-gov't war stances from within. Shameless stuff. #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/idf-investigates-claim-jewish-chronicle-published-stories-based-on-fabricated-intelligence
*With a shout-out to journalist Ronen Bergman for whistle-blowing here.
The one silver lining in cases of journalistic corruption is that it often also brings writers with greater integrity into the spotlight.
The very last thing we ever want is for the discovery of bad actors to disillusion us in our pursuit of better public discourse and information flow.
Trust, but verify.
Know the biases of an outlet going in.
Check your sources, and look at the sources others provide.
#MediaLiteracy