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A watchdog group condemned the United Nations and multiple media outlets for promoting the claim that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours unless they received humanitarian aid, a figure that various news agencies now report is a misrepresentation of the data.
HonestReporting, a nonprofit that monitors inaccuracies and bias in the media's reporting on Israel, accused The New York Times, The Guardian, ABC News, TIME Magazine, The Independent and NBC News of helping to amplify the disproven claim.
The Christian Post reached out to each of the outlets for comment, but only NBC News responded. The outlet directed CP to a May 21 X post explaining that it updated its original report to say 14,000 "face severe malnutrition if a lot more aid trucks don’t reach the Palestinian enclave soon."
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HonestReporting, a nonprofit that monitors inaccuracies and bias in the media's reporting on Israel, accused The New York Times, The Guardian, ABC News, TIME Magazine, The Independent and NBC News of helping to amplify the disproven claim.
The Christian Post reached out to each of the outlets for comment, but only NBC News responded. The outlet directed CP to a May 21 X post explaining that it updated its original report to say 14,000 "face severe malnutrition if a lot more aid trucks don’t reach the Palestinian enclave soon."
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UN, media called out for reporting 'outrageous' claim about 14K babies in Gaza: watchdog
A watchdog group condemned the United Nations and multiple media outlets for promoting the claim that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours unless they received humanitarian aid, a figure
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