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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 15:09:20 JST Aral Balkan

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   @rimu Quick search, I could only find that Gilad Erdan mentioned the idea:

   https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-envoy-says-us-must-cut-united-nations-funding-if-palestinian-statehood-endorsed/

   @CEMedia do you have a source for Blinken mentioning this?

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     Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 17:41:51 JST Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

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     @aral @rimu yeah, those are not sources

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 17:41:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

     @Vittoria @rimu https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/112483833537369574

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 19:34:02 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

     @Vittoria @rimu I don’t know. You’re the senior news editor. Why don’t you follow up and see. Isn’t that your job?

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     Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 19:34:03 JST Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

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     @aral @rimu you're just reposting the same one source. Was there anyone else in that meeting who can corroborate what this person is saying?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 19:54:00 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

     @Vittoria @rimu No, that clearly is also your job as your news organisation routinely quotes IDF spokespeople without questioning whether they are lying or not.

     https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=france24%20idf%20spokesperson%20said

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     Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 19:54:01 JST Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

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     @aral @rimu I guess yours is disseminating information without verifying the veracity of the claims, then..

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     Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 20:01:27 JST Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

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     @aral @rimu guess what, we also routinely quote Hamas, and NGOs, and UNRWA, and pretty much all the other actors involved in the conflict, plus reporters on the ground and eyewitnesses, and that's how sources work, you get at least two, preferably three..

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 20:01:27 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

     @Vittoria @rimu And here you have one so take it for exactly what that’s worth. Seriously, go ask Blinken if the guy is lying or not then report back. That’s be useful. That’s your job. You’re the journalist.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 20:14:49 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

     @Vittoria @rimu It’s not an opinion, though, is it? It is a recollection. And the distinction is critical. The source is not opining about what Blinken said, he is reporting it.

     So you can say:

     - I don’t believe the source is credible – misremembering? lying? (Why? No one in this thread has actually given me a reason for this.)

     - A single source is unreliable by our standards (excellent, I love it: Now contact Blinken’s office and get confirmation or a denial. That’s your job.)

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     Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 20:14:50 JST Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺

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     @aral @rimu yeah man, all I am doing is pointing out that it's irresponsible to disseminate opinions as facts without verification, but you do you

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 20:19:20 JST Aral Balkan

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     @Vittoria @rimu CC @CEMedia Thoughts? 👆