Media Blunder ABC News Reporting about Israel Bombing

Online users are taking their outrage out on ABC News by sharing memes poking fun at the news organisation for misidentifying(link is external) images of Palestinian bombing victims as Israelis. During ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer’s segment on Wednesday night, Sawyer described pictures of Palestinians in the rubble following an Israeli air strike by saying, “Here an Israeli family trying to salvage what they can. One woman standing speechless among the ruins”.

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1. The hashtag #TweetLikeABC is being used to criticise ABC News’ error by sharing images with satirical captions.

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