This thread needs to be read by both @declanwalsh & @MarksSimon (NYT Nairobi based) & @rickgladstone (NYT NYC based) as well as by @girlstothefront at Vox.
Writing a story about the UN officials expulsions and failing to understand this is journalistic malpractice.
Writing a story about the UN officials expulsions and failing to understand this is journalistic malpractice.
https://twitter.com/TheStrangerEth/status/1444593949671309314
The @NYTimes story is here nytimes.com/2021/09/30/wor…
And @Vox's story is here vox.com/2021/10/2/2270…
And @Vox's story is here vox.com/2021/10/2/2270…
Here is how the @NYTimes addressed the trucks issue.
And here is how @voxdotcom's @girlstothefront addressed it. I.E. not at all.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1444593516752130049?s=20
And here is how @voxdotcom's @girlstothefront addressed it. I.E. not at all.
@nytimes @voxdotcom @girlstothefront Which is odd because the @NYTimes is cited in the @voxdotcom piece in relation to another fact which is not correct.
There are numerous examples of UN officials being expelled including a 1998 expulsion by TPLF of 30 UN officials & last year's Burundi expulsion of 4 officials.
There are numerous examples of UN officials being expelled including a 1998 expulsion by TPLF of 30 UN officials & last year's Burundi expulsion of 4 officials.
And this is how "chinese whispers" works in Western journalism, [With apologies to China for use of the expression.]
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