What makes this form of propaganda so dangerous is that it's confidently lazy. It knows its target readership won't check the Arabic or Hebrew. And the few that can read / do translate? Too few, too late to stop the furor.
The distortion of frank conversation from military personnel about the challenges of precision is also cruel in its damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't character. What, would you rather they lie? Never let anyone treat the fog of war like a revelation that proves conspiracy.
Anyway, I'll still finish a more abstracted, general-principles piece on how to defend against many forms of propaganda made even more easy to pass off as good journalism / solid intel in our digital day and age... but good grief, is it ever difficult to stay ahead of each whirlwind as it arises!