MicroWaveDeath toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150
UnfortunateShortI am really bothered by the fact that claims like this are echoed by media outlets unchecked, while making them seem like journalism by appending ‘according to [directly involved party] sources’, maybe even ‘can’t be independently verified’.
I mean, Reuters has confirmed that this strike happened and that the video material is credible. Okay, so far so good. That’s bad, and you can report on it and raise questions based off of it. You have something to investigate, you can generate tons of content by discussing adjacent topics, but no, media decides to go for round 2 and report some unverified death toll.
Whether there are 2 or 200 dead children, the story is the same. Why give inherently unreliable sources a stage and credibility by echoing their claim? It’s so frustrating that the wider media landscape is based on grabbing peoples attention, rather than good journalism.
This may come as a surprise to you, but I don’t copy paste this under every single article in existence that prominently features questionable numbers. Also, I can’t recall having seen the claims you mentioned at all and if I did, I would have felt the same way about it.