WH’s Karoline Leavitt: “Unlike Some In The Media, We Don’t Take The Word Of Hamas With Total Truth”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a reporter on Tuesday for asking about a story about civilian casualties in Gaza that she says the BBC has retracted. BBC says they “reject incorrect White House claims about their Gaza coverage. “The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong. We did not remove any story and we stand by our journalism,” BBC said. “Conflating these two stories is simply misleading. It is vital to bring people the truth about what is happening in Gaza. International journalists are not currently allowed into Gaza and we would welcome the support of the White House in our call for immediate access.”
REPORTER: There are reports that Israeli forces are firing on Palestinians trying to get aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, after 20 people, according to the Red Cross, arrived to the hospital with gunshot wounds. Some have died from them. Is this administration aware of these? What is being done to address this situation? KAROLINE LEAVITT: The administration is aware of those reports and we are currently looking into the veracity of them. Unfortunately, unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas with total truth. We like to look into it when they speak-unlike the BBC, who had multiple headlines. They wrote Israeli tank kills 26, Israeli tank kills 21, Israeli gunfire kills 31, Red Cross says 21 people were killed in aid incident.” But oh wait, they had to correct and take down the entire story, saying We reviewed the footage and couldn’t find any evidence of anything. Oh, okay. So we are going to look into reports before we confirm from this podium and take action, and I suggest journalists actually care about truth-do the same to reduce the amount of misinformation going around the globe on this front.
