Comment by segasaturn
2 years ago
> Interestingly, western media did not beat itself into a frenzy over it at the time
Western mainstream media has been very passive when covering the current situation in gaza, especially when you contrast it with how they covered the war in ukraine just 2 yrs ago. Its just that social media has allowed people to break through the canned media narratives.
> Western mainstream media has been very passive when covering the current situation in gaza
Just FYI, all the examples I mentioned I read on our public broadcaster's website.
to summarize : the level of brutality is on par with vietnam, the media are shying away like in the vietnam era, but this time there is internet that broke the blockade and forced them to report