White House walks back Biden comments that he had seen pictures of beheaded Israeli children

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White House walks back Biden comments that he had seen pictures of beheaded Israeli children
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The White House was forced to walk back on president Joe Biden's claim to have seen "confirmed pictures" of "terrorists beheading children" in Israel.

The Israel Defence Force previously claimed that at least 40 babies were killed in the Kfar Aza kibbutz over the weekend when the Hamas militant group launched an attack on Israel.

The army later clarified to Anadolu news agency that there was "no information confirming" allegations that "Hamas beheaded babies".

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The first casualty of war is Truth. Remember to be scheduled off all information pumped from any side during war time

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From what I can tell, lemmy’s on par with other social media sites (reddit, twitter, fb) wrt disinfo rates. That is to say not worse, not better, but still fucking horrible.

Makes me realize that people are just as big a driver of this bs as any state or corpo driven propaganda bot.

Yeah, bots posting disinfo are just there to plant seeds, it’s the people who make it go viral.