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[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Why is American media not showing any of this? Reading or watching US news is like being in a parallel universe.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Israel is really good at misinformation, disinformation, information warfare and controlled narratives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't misinformation and disinformation the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Almost. Disinformation is lying, while misinformation can be whaddaboutisms and/or a blackout of the inconvenient truths. Misinformation can include true facts, but use outliers as proof to their veracity. Misinformation can also include disinformation, but play semantics to minimize the controversies of labeling lies as the lies that they are.

Hamas continues to send missiles and hiding in areas barred from being attacked by military attacks from the rules of warfare. IDF says that they will not hold back on their counter-attacks, that the Palestinians were warned.

I see Russia attack Ukraine with the same terrorist targeting of civilian casualties as Hamas and Israel. My fear is that this is how warfare will be fought until enough carnage is inflicted that all sides see the consequences of breaking rules of engagement.

Morally, both sides (IDF and Hamas) have been bad for decades.

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