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How CNN helped spread a hoax about Syrian babies dying in incubators
8 August 2011
A disturbing story is circulating on social networks and the media that a number of premature babies died in their incubators when Syrian forces cut off electricity to hospitals during their assault on the city of Hama. Evidence suggests it is a cruel hoax, and the pictures of the “dead babies” widely circulated online are false. Read more about How CNN helped spread a hoax about Syrian babies dying in incubators