What Becomes of Yesterday's Propaganda

Yesterday the mainstream news was full of reports of the IDF callously killing an innocent schoolgirl in Gaza.

According to Reuters "Witnesses said Deeb was killed by gunfire from an Israeli army post down the road while she and classmates were exercising in their schoolyard during morning assembly." Moreover the United Nations Agency for Work and Relief of the Palestinian Refugees also claimed that the gunfire originated from an Israeli border post.

Yet today we learn from the Jerusalem Post - PA arrests suspect in girl's murder.

... at the time the girl was killed, officials at the District Coordinating Office received reports that in the same area Muslim worshippers returning from the Hajj in Mecca fired warning shots in the air to celebrate their return.

I tried looking on the Reuters site for an update. The result: "Sorry no results were found for your search." Thats about as much as we can expect from the UNRWA too.

But lets face it, even a full fledged retraction wouldn't make much difference. The original story is there, etched into peoples minds.