Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumAs Israel strikes back, fake Gaza images dominate social media
A significant part of any battle nowadays is waged in the media, as each sides tries to garner public support through the exploit of images and footage used to influence popular opinion.
A report by the BBC shows that Palestinian supporters are using fake images to illustrate the suffering in Gaza.
"Graphic images are being shared on social media to show how people have been affected by the renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians," the BBC reported.
"Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza."
The hashtag has received 375,000 retweets in eight days.
"A #BBCtrending investigation has found that many of these images are not from the latest conflict and not even from Gaza. Some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq," the report said.
Hamas has used this tactic in the past too. Tazpit's Anav Silverman reported in 2012 that during Operation Pillar of Defense, the militant organization used fake images of Gaza with false headlines, inciting a flurry of comments on Facebook against Israel.
The photos were of massacres that occurred in Syria the previous month, but were depicted as massacres of Gazan families by the IDF. Other such incidents reoccur persistently.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4539651,00.html
King_David
(14,851 posts)And probably be believed too.
shira
(30,109 posts)...by the BBC reporting and acknowledging Pallywood.
Shocking!
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)...and labeling them as NEW??? Those ANIMALS!
King_David
(14,851 posts)Are you being sarcastic , clever , smart ?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects the airstrikes.
Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28198622
Now let's ask ourselves which side recently started a web campaign claiming that a young Palestinian boy was burned alive by his own relatives for being Gay, keeping it up even after Israeli men confessed to the crime?
King_David
(14,851 posts)Nothing new, no new tricks, same old same old.
Thanks for the confirmation at your link ,always good to have multiple sources to show the pantomime .
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)by Israeli's claiming it was because he was Gay?
and it was Ynet who attempted to "'change the meme", by falsely claiming BBC said it was ProPalestinians who posted the photo's
King_David
(14,851 posts)Sorry no derailment , will not participate in your tangent.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)as far as the rest goes it's just an example of a well organized fake web campaign aimed at placing blame on those who are claimed to be Israel's enemies but I do understand that you wouldn't wish to discuss that
King_David
(14,851 posts)Graphic images are being shared on social media to show how people have been affected by the renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.
Hamas has been firing rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, which has responded with airstrikes on Gaza. Several Palestinian militants have been killed and on Tuesday it was reported that at least 15 Palestinians had been injured.
Over the past week the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack has been used hundreds of thousands of times, often to distribute pictures claiming to show the effects the airstrikes.
Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza, but a #BBCtrending analysis has found that some date as far back as 2009 and others are from conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28198622
Thanks for helping to expose this fakery.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and again which side has very recently mounted a vile false web campaign against the family of the Palestinian boy who was burned to death by Israel's?
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)The BBC blog says "some of." Out of hundreds of thousands. All while Gaza has been taking fire from Israel.
King_David
(14,851 posts)But I don't think so.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)It is just not that important that I go through and verify which few are not fake.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Despite the fact you just clearly admitted you don't know asses from elbows since you haven't looked at the pictures at all, you obviously have formed an opinion about their veracity.
So what is that opinion, Dave? Are they all fake? 'Cause that's what i'm getting from your posts. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
King_David
(14,851 posts)The BBC said :
'Some of the images are of the current situation in Gaza'
So I presume the BBC has found the vast majority to be fake.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I said you were ignorant - "can't tell asses from elbows" - on the subject, because, well... you professed ignorance:
It is just not that important that I go through and verify which few are not fake.
You don't know, and you have no plans to find out, but here you are professing as if you're well-informed about it. there's actually a few different terms for that, but whatever.
Your presumption is incorrect, as I note below.
King_David
(14,851 posts)So I presume the BBC has found the vast majority to be fake.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)In both cases, "Some" is being used as essentially "more than two" - it's a nonquantified amount.
Some of the pictures on the hashtag are undoubtedly funny cat pictures, too.
King_David
(14,851 posts)But no you can not save your argument.
Sorry....
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)I'm not the one who needs to worry about saving an argument.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)somewhere between and
King_David
(14,851 posts)Some were current ,the vast majority were fake.
Don't you just love these oops moments as in post #23 ?
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