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Beastly Boy

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6. Yawn. I am getting tired of the amateurish writings by aspiring school of journalism freshmen

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:26 PM

Jun 5

full of "accused", "allegedly", "tacit approval", "apparent attempt", "reportedly", all in rapid succession in a short article that has no references to anything resembling solid evidence. Nothing but clumsy conjecture and innuendo.

Are there no professional standards in journalism anymore?

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Israel accused of arming Palestinian gang who allegedly looted aid in Gaza [View all] groundloop Jun 5 OP

Just the usual, something goes wrong, "BLAME THE JEWS!" Archae Jun 5 #1

And if the IDF actually is arming this gang? Will it be time to cut them loose and denounce them? ck4829 Jun 5 #2

I want to see some actual EVIDENCE of that. Archae Jun 5 #4

It's Israel that says it's arming the gang; the question is whether the gang is still stealing aid muriel_volestrangler Jun 6 #7

I think Hamas is bad but I do not believe they are behind these incidents surrounding food aid to Gaza. nr Jit423 Jun 5 #3

It would not be a surprise because in the entire Middle East the moniss Jun 5 #5

Yawn. I am getting tired of the amateurish writings by aspiring school of journalism freshmen Beastly Boy Jun 5 #6

I do believe the looting of aid by these thugs was encouraged by Israel. AloeVera Jun 6 #8

And how does one distinguish between a criminal gang and Hamas EX500rider Jun 6 #9

How does the IDF? AloeVera Jun 6 #10

Locking. Lasher Jun 6 #11