Bowling green massacre the new yorker

You're referring to the infamous "Bowling Green Massacre" that was widely reported in the media, including The New Yorker, in 2017.

The "Bowling Green Massacre" was a false claim made by Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to President Donald Trump, during a television interview on January 22, 2017. Conway claimed that "President Obama had put in a six-month ceasefire to get the bad guys to sit down and talk about their peace settlement, and then suddenly, during that six-month ceasefire, there was this massive attack on the Bowling Green Massacre."

However, there was no such massacre. Bowling Green is a city in Kentucky, and there was no record of any mass attack or massacre occurring there. The claim was later debunked by multiple fact-checking organizations, including Snopes, FactCheck.org, and PolitiFact.

The incident sparked widespread criticism and ridicule, with many accusing Conway of spreading misinformation and perpetuating a false narrative. The incident also highlighted the importance of fact-checking and verifying information before sharing it with the public.

The New Yorker, in particular, published an article titled "The Bowling Green Massacre: How a False Claim Became a Trump Administration Talking Point" in February 2017, which detailed the origins and consequences of the false claim.

In the article, The New Yorker noted that Conway's claim was likely a reference to a real incident that occurred in Iraq in 2007, in which Iraqi police discovered a cache of weapons and explosives in a Baghdad suburb. However, this incident was not a massacre, and it did not involve any American citizens.

The "Bowling Green Massacre" incident has since become a symbol of the Trump administration's alleged disregard for facts and truth, and it has been cited as an example of the dangers of spreading misinformation and propaganda.