Western media’s embarrassing errors covering the violence in Amsterdam

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Published Nov 17, 2024

In the wake of an ugly eruption of violence on the streets of Amsterdam, the media coverage of the story has been put under the microscope with editors scrambling to revise headlines, rework narratives, and reframe video content.

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