Meanwhile on the International front....

Yeah, that ain't a JDAM. Those cars would be all over the place had anything larger than an old Iranian rocket exploded there.

 

I've seen more damage from a five-gallon gas can catching fire. In fact, that's exactly what it looks like.

 

Journalism question:
60 minutes did this truly remarkable story on 10/15 How a retired Israeli general saved his family during the Hamas attack, and I'm glad they did. The video adds something to the written word. The Atlantic had reported it as an interview on 10/9.
‘We’re Going to Die Here’
How common is it for these news shows to get their stories from print?

 

Oh, like you know what the after-effects of military munitions looks like!?!

 

This is the hole a 155mm howitzer leaves. That’s the smallest round Israel could’ve gotten that deep into Gaza. And that is possible only using rocket assisted propulsion rounds, which I’m not sure they have.

A 500-pound JDAM would have left those cars unrecognizable.

 

They almost always pick up on and expand on something reported elsewhere. Not sure when the last time I saw something reported on a show like 60 minutes that wasn't a pickup from print/online.

 

As a former reporter in a small TV market, I feel your pain.

 

Meh. I'm not an artilleryman, by any stretch of the imagination, but I've seen some big holes in the ground, and that ain't one of 'em.

 

I'd say it depends on the quality of the work in print. I saw this story both in The Atlantic, and on 60 Minutes.

The Atlantic consistently turns out material that is worthy of being picked up, and has become my preferred outlet for news/analysis concerning anything of import, particularly wars and/or politics. If everyone read it, this country would be a lot better informed and have a much greater understanding of many admittedly tough, complex issues. And even if readers wind up not understanding everything, what they see would likely still be relatable, and readers more empathetic, because The Atlantic usually puts a face on said issues/stories.

This story is a prime example.

 

I lost my parents in the Hamas attack. My family want peace, not revenge for their deaths | Magen Inon

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/18/gaza-hospital-blast-information-war-israel/

Hamas did not score a significant information-warfare victory until Tuesday’s explosion at al-Ahli Hospital. The Hamas-controlled Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza immediately blamed the blast on an Israeli airstrike and claimed that 500 civilians had been killed. This “breaking news” was immediately, and credulously, picked up by Western news media. (BBC alert: “Hundreds of people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.”) Even U.S. allies such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia stridently denounced the purported Israeli airstrike. The leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan canceled a planned meeting with President Biden. Angry protesters marched everywhere from Beirut to Baghdad.