June 22 (Reuters) - Reuters denied on Saturday that it had reported that Israel would attack Lebanon within 48 hours, after reports circulated on social media citing the news agency as saying this.

“Any claims that Reuters reported that Israel will attack Lebanon within the next 48 hours are false. Reuters did not report this,” a Reuters spokesperson said.

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      5 months ago

      Oh I know, what I mean is when the major US outlets just say “A Reuters report says (XYZ)…and WE say that means ABCD!” like that is hardly good journalism, that’s more along the lines of glorified op-eds.