Reuters and AP journalists killed in Gaza strike were not ‘a target,’ an Israeli military spokesperson says
According to the “last updated” field, the article was last updated 8 hours before OP made this post on Lemmy. It’s possible the headline was changed, but this may also have been the original headline – I can’t find any record of the previous headline on Reuters, including Internet Archive. (Edit: the headline was changed; see comment.)
Seeing as this is “Fediverse vs Disinformation,” I think posters have a duty to verify the web page actually reads the way they are claiming at the time they post, or else provide context that the headline has changed.
do you have another archive link? are we sure this is actually the same original article because the entire content of the article is now different, not just the headline. how could we independently check?
It is, you’re right. There could stand to be much stricter submission policies and review procedures on news submissions generally on this network, imho. It’s tedious thankless work that desperately needs doing.
Here’s the article. The headline now says:
According to the “last updated” field, the article was last updated 8 hours before OP made this post on Lemmy.
It’s possible the headline was changed, but this may also have been the original headline – I can’t find any record of the previous headline on Reuters, including Internet Archive.(Edit: the headline was changed; see comment.)Seeing as this is “Fediverse vs Disinformation,” I think posters have a duty to verify the web page actually reads the way they are claiming at the time they post, or else provide context that the headline has changed.
MSN still has the original title
do you have another archive link? are we sure this is actually the same original article because the entire content of the article is now different, not just the headline. how could we independently check?
This wasn’t a hit but your skepticism is well tuned. Stay vigilant.
I think it’s still important to provide the context that the headline has been changed.
It is, you’re right. There could stand to be much stricter submission policies and review procedures on news submissions generally on this network, imho. It’s tedious thankless work that desperately needs doing.