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52. a legitimate claim with the wrong time line

Thu May 22, 2025, 12:01 PM

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not that it matters at all, because well...who cares?

However, BBC now says that after asking the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for clarification, it turns out the remarks were based on an IPC report that warned that 14,100 severe cases of acute malnutrition were expected to occur between April 2025 and March 2026 among children aged between six months and five years.

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Debunked: UN official's claim 14,000 Gazan babies could die in 48 hours was untrue [View all] lapucelle Wednesday OP

what a shock. AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #1

I'm sure that any moment now... Richard D Yesterday #3

Apologies for the plan to wipe Gaza off the face of the map? iemanja Yesterday #4

Apologies by the UN for their spokesman spreading propaganda. lapucelle Yesterday #10

Apologies for lending unconditional support for incompetent lying leaders at the UN. Beastly Boy Yesterday #13

Wow. Richard D Yesterday #16

My post is supposedly deplorable iemanja Yesterday #25

Delusional Richard D Yesterday #31

for this topic, this is a strawman. This is about the UN lying, not Israel. Please stick to the topic AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #18

I am on topic iemanja Yesterday #21

No, I want to keep the discussion on the topic of the OP. You are trying to muddy the waters. AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #69

Hey, you know, when the facts don't fit the narrative, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #70

Agree. It seems the tenor of the argument is "I don't care where the information comes from or if it's been debunked, AZLD4Candidate 23 hrs ago #71

This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Yesterday #24

K&R rollin74 Wednesday #2

What number of starving babies is acceptable? Intractable Yesterday #5

Sorry, that doen't work on me. This story is about a UN official making a fabulist claim lapucelle Yesterday #6

Sorry, that doesn't work on me. Intractable Yesterday #8

How interesting to frame fabulist propaganda as an "exaggeration" lapucelle Yesterday #11

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #12

How does counting dead babies mitigate pervasive lies and incompetence coming from UN? Beastly Boy Yesterday #14

You tried that already. It didn't work. lapucelle Yesterday #17

You think you won an argument? Intractable Yesterday #29

There is no argument to win because you are not making an argument. lapucelle Yesterday #56

At this point, you are just trying to up your post count. Yes, the UN lied. Intractable Yesterday #64

Oh, what the hell... lapucelle Yesterday #57

Quit the propaganda iemanja Yesterday #23

Delusional Richard D Yesterday #67

That line is best directed at the UN spokesman who spread his fabulist propaganda on a BBC radio show, lapucelle 23 hrs ago #72

Boom. 💙🌈 Cha 21 hrs ago #79

And that happened here in the US JustAnotherGen Yesterday #37

a legitimate claim with the wrong time line stillcool Yesterday #52

At best, it's a fabulist lie. At worst it's outright propaganda lapucelle Yesterday #58

the demographic? The prognosis? stillcool Yesterday #60

The UN propagandist named the demographic as "babies" lapucelle Yesterday #66

What number of outright lies by UN officials is acceptable to you? lapucelle Yesterday #7

None. But they are all lying, aren't they? Intractable Yesterday #9

UN is lying and using fake death numbers. Like the lies from Hamas, they are discrediting themselves and your own posts Beastly Boy Yesterday #15

None of this is okay with me. That's why Israel has to stop. They are creating the next generation of hate Intractable Yesterday #30

Israel has to stop because UN is lying? Beastly Boy Yesterday #47

Israel has to stop the war -- period. D'uh! Intractable Yesterday #65

I notice you didn't say anything about HAMAs stopping the war, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #68

Israel are genocidal madmen. Hamas are righteous freedom fighters. AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #80

And there it is, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #19

You are saying the UN lied. If so, then what is the correct number? Intractable Yesterday #27

I just made an observation that you're trying like hell to distract from the actual thread MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #34

Again, you are impertinent. Intractable Yesterday #36

If you think I'm impertinent, then don't read my posts or use the ignore function on DU. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #39

"never mind, your definitely not worth my time." Intractable Yesterday #40

Walking away from a rabbit hole and someone using failing to see things as debunked does win an argument AZLD4Candidate 22 hrs ago #74

Zero, but what number of brazen, lying UN officials is acceptable? Mysterian Yesterday #20

I see. So, dead babies are acceptable, but UN lies are not. Gotcha. Intractable Yesterday #26

What part of "zero" did you not understand? Mysterian Yesterday #28

I wrote "none" also. But that was above. It's okay if you don't read everything, yes? Intractable Yesterday #33

Your post does not cogently reply to mine Mysterian Yesterday #35

Please read the upthread. Nothing new is happening here. Intractable Yesterday #38

They got their intifada globalized. Richard D Yesterday #22

The UN claim was wrong, lying is wrong. gab13by13 Yesterday #32

Why immediately jump to believe they were lying? AloeVera Yesterday #44

What do you call saying one thing one day Beastly Boy Yesterday #53

29 kids and elderly starved to death in recent days. On top of the 57 children already starved since the siege began. AloeVera Yesterday #41

"propagandizing the UN mistake is disturbing and serves Netanyahu's agenda of ridding Palestinians from Gaza" Intractable Yesterday #43

This thread is about a patently false claim made by a UN official. lapucelle Yesterday #45

Actually the good thing is that there may not be 14,100 children in danger of immediately dying. AloeVera Yesterday #48

Better, there may not be 24,200 children in danger of dying. Beastly Boy Yesterday #63

That it is. A well-worn tactic, as I said in post #44. AloeVera Yesterday #46

The only distraction is your constant vilifying Israel when it was HAMAs that started this whole current shitshow. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #50

In that case you might want to remove the rec on my post. AloeVera Yesterday #54

A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes Jose Garcia Yesterday #42

And that was back in the 1800's. madaboutharry 21 hrs ago #76

The UN seems to have problems with numbers. republianmushroom Yesterday #49

The UN's Humanitarian Chief had the numbers right stillcool Yesterday #51

Killer post. AloeVera Yesterday #55

thanks... stillcool 22 hrs ago #73

I did not realize "malnutrition" & "dying" were the same thing EX500rider 21 hrs ago #77

Whenever Israel is mentioned, causing a bad hair day could be considered a war crime to some. AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #78

I once answered a help wanted ad. It promised compensation of $14,000 for 48 hours of work. Beastly Boy 4 hrs ago #88

Nuance can easily become a weapon Torchlight Yesterday #59

There may well be 14,000 kids in danger of dying. AloeVera Yesterday #61

In that article, they claim statements from world food organizations, yet only quote people involved in the Hamas-led AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #75

Yup the UN messed up then later Eko Yesterday #62

They messed up, then blamed Israel, created a shitstorm in the media, and only then clarified their mistake Beastly Boy 8 hrs ago #81

There are mistakes and then there are mistakes. Eko 6 hrs ago #82

Ah, adeflection! How ordinary! Beastly Boy 6 hrs ago #83

You call it a deflection. Eko 6 hrs ago #84

Sure. You also call lying a "mistake" Beastly Boy 6 hrs ago #85

Neither you nor I have any idea if it was a lie or a mistake. Eko 6 hrs ago #86

"I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt" Beastly Boy 5 hrs ago #87