1/ Journalists being angry about something that feels close to home, as with cops who feel angry about something close to home, isn't a legitimate excuse to go professionally rogue.
https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1393550569625858051
2/ The IDF gave an explanation for the strike. To ignore it, or worse, effectively deny it, while purporting to describe the army's "real" motivation is journalistic malpractice.
https://mobile.twitter.com/LTCPeterLerner/status/1393550044595372036
3/ Israeli intelligence has proven once or twice before that it'ss able to correctly ascertain where things are, even things that are very far away. The building in question, a large office complex that also houses media offices, is not very far away.
4/ It's always possible that they got this one wrong, if course. But before professional journalists act as if that's certainly the case, they should have reportable evidence. Anger isn't enough. They haven't reported any such evidence.
5/ Lastly, frustration by journalists now without an office is understandable—even if it doesn't excuse tossing aside journalistic ethics. But some of this, I suspect, is the reaction of people who are embarrassed. Intrepid newsgatherers who missed what's going on downstairs.
6/ So to the AP reporters responsible for this type of language: if your reporting proves Israel is lying, report the proof. Don't "prove by assertion" out of either anger or embarrassment.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1393550569625858051
8/ Put another way:
https://mobile.twitter.com/MattiFriedman/status/1393887849519398915
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