> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theferret.scot/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# For Fact’s Sake podcast: How can online investigators expose Israel-Gaza propaganda?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/podcast-online-investigators-israel-gaza-propaganda/
- Published: 2023-10-26T16:08:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T06:52:34.000Z
- Author: Ferret Journalists
- Tags: Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Podcast, debunk, disinformation, fact checking, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Hamas, IDF, Israel, Israel-Gaza, Margaret Thatcher, misinformation, open source, Palestine, propaganda, Scottish Government, Scottish independence, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

On For Fact’s Sake this week, we are looking at the role of fact-checking in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Ali spoke to Lucy Swinnen, an editor at [Bellingcat](https://www.bellingcat.com/?ref=theferret.scot), which is using publicly available videos, images and data to tackle some of the propaganda and disinformation swirling around since October’s escalation.

But with so many people online now using publicly available footage to attempt to debunk narratives in the conflict, is there a danger that open-source investigation can be used to mislead?

Elsewhere on the podcast, Ali and Paul look at Margaret Thatcher’s alleged views on independence, and the disinformation spreading alongside bedbugs in France.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2d/e2/2de2844d-80a7-4c7b-8025-6f1f39724aa6/content/images/2025/10/israel-pod-screeny.png)

#### Show notes:

- Bellingcat’s investigation into the Al-Ahli hospital attack [is here](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/18/identifying-possible-crater-from-gaza-hospital-blast/?ref=theferret.scot).
- Read their guides on how to research using open-source tools [here](https://www.bellingcat.com/category/resources/?ref=theferret.scot).
- Our fact-check on the Margaret Thatcher quote on independence [is here](https://www.theferret.scot/thatcher-snp-majority-independence-unsupported/).

> **Ferret Fact Service (FFS)* is a non-partisan fact checker, and [signatory](https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/signatories?ref=theferret.scot) to the International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ [code of principles](https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/know-more/the-commitments-of-the-code-of-principles?ref=theferret.scot).*   
>  
> *All the sources used in our checks are publicly available and the FFS fact-checking methodology [can be viewed here](https://www.theferret.scot/ferret-fact-service/).*   
>  
> *Want to suggest a fact check?*   
>  
> *Email us at [factcheck@theferret.scot](mailto:factcheck@theferret.scot) or join our [Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/ferretunderground/).*