The OP claims the whole thing was staged for the cameras
Reading this thread it seems to claim they planted tear gas, planted children and handed out diapers
I doubt the photo was staged. I'm sure the gas is real and the people are real, and I'm sure the mother was lead to believe there would be no danger for her child, that the Americans would stand by and do nothing (I wonder who told her that?). The media's dishonesty comes when the taking heads totally focus on this single image instead of other images showing young, healthy men attacking the border crossing and attempting to force their way through it, thus forcing a response. Another dishonesty is their total silence on the previous administration doing the same thing in the same place for the same reasons.
It is obvious they are not reporting the complete story of what is going on, but rather are pushing a narrative. Hence, fake news.
Where’s your evidence they were told the U.S. would do nothing? What’s the rest of the story?
I'm going by what I know about mothers and their natural reluctance to put their children in danger. I don't think a good mother would take her child into an area that she thought was likely to see military action, and seriously, who would not think there would be a response to a violent attack on a border crossing? But, maybe that's just me.
Great, now how about answering the questions I actually asked?
I didn’t ask why a mother would drag her kids into a dangerous situation— I asked where’s your evidence they were told it wouldn’t be dangerous?
And you said we’re not getting the whole story... what do you think we’re not being told?
I told you I'm going by what I know about mothers and their children. Was that too difficult?
The rest of the story is, as I made clear, the young, healthy men attacking the border crossing that were causing the non lethal response. The side of the story we're told over and over again is how awful it is that children were exposed to treat gas. What's missing is WHY the gas was deployed. Where are the photos of the men crashing the border crossing, throwing rocks and bottles, that forced the Americans to take action?
Palestinians are famous for placing rocket launcher and morters next to and in schools and hospitals. When the Israelis take them out, they inevitably harm civilians, which is the point. The media, by focusing solely on the inevitable result of violence, is ignoring the reason for the response in the first place.