BBC Fooled by Syrian Rebel Propaganda Photo on Twitter

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BBC Fooled by Syrian Rebel Propaganda Photo on Twitter | PDNPulse

The BBC recently suffered a predictable consequence of relying on citizen journalism: It published a photograph circulated on Twitter by a Syrian anti-government activist that purportedly shows dead civilians after a government massacre last month in Houl

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/06/bbc-fooled-by-syrian-rebel-propaganda-photo-on-twitter.html

One would think that a few glaring errors like this might make reputable news organizations realize that there are no shortcuts to gathering and vetting news–and also make them twice shy about crowd-sourcing news in order to save money.

But for now the BBC seems undeterred. “Fortunately, such mistakes are very rare,” the BBC assures its readers.