# IDF's alleged recording of Islamic Jihad, and questions of journalistic integrity and trust **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** israel-hamas-war\ **Created:** [October 18, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idfs-alleged-recording-of-islamic-jihad-and-questions-of-journalistic-integrity-and-trust/991857 "2023-10-18T17:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
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> [@Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/413): > > I do not claim that the Arab journalists were correct in their assessment that the audio recording might be fake, just that they should not be instantly dismissed, as was happening in this thread, including on the grounds that the IDF were not capable of incompetence in attempting a cover-up, which is proveably false. FWIW I don’t dismiss this claim–but I don’t think there’s enough of a claim yet (at least from what I’ve seen in this thread) to evaluate. A journalist says that unnamed sources cast doubt on audio just isn’t specific enough to consider. I trust he’ll be bringing those specifics in a full story, with interviews with multiple experts who go on the record to explain their conclusions; when he does so, that’s when I’ll try to figure out if the claim makes sense. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idfs-alleged-recording-of-islamic-jihad-and-questions-of-journalistic-integrity-and-trust/991857)._