The phrase “the first casualty of war is the truth” suggests that during conflicts, misinformation and propaganda often overshadow reality. For the US media, the narrative beats reality every time, so you have agenda driven hacks twisting themselves into pretzels to turn reality on its head.
Let’s talk about the missile that hit the school in Iran, because it’s a masterclass in how media propaganda works
You should always seek the truth.
Unfortunately, the media has torched so much of its credibility in trying to destroy Trump that I have no idea if NBC News or The New York Times is telling the truth.
I want to present this as objectively as possible, but first, let me note that the framing of the story relies a lot on the typical media formula:
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“Verified by NBC News” = Trust me, bro.
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“Adding evidence, experts say, than an American missile likely hit…” = We have no actual proof.
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“…hit a compound once home to a military base” = This is a buried lede, please don’t pay attention to it.
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“Weapons expert Jeffrey Lewis” = Here’s a left-leaning DC thinktank nerd to make our scant evidence seem more concrete than it is.
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“4 other weapons experts, who agree” = Trust me bro, Part Dos.
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“NBC News spoke on the phone with a father who said his 8-year-old daughter, Zahra, was killed…” = Let’s end with a sad story of a random Iranian man so the audience really hates Trump.
Multiple things can be true – all at the same time, even.
This is why it’s important to be skeptical when you first hear a story, even from reputable sources like Not the Bee. I don’t know everything. You don’t know everything. NBC News certainly doesn’t know everything.
The media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) have a very specific Trump-deranged goal in mind when it comes to reporting the news, as they have consistently demonstrated for an entire decade.
This brings us back to the idea that multiple things can be true.
The missile that hit this Iranian school very well could be a Tomahawk and very well could have been launched by U.S. forces.
As the New York Post reports:
A US military investigation has found that the strike was the result of a targeting mistake by the US, based on outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency…
(You will notice I am starting this analysis wit the assumption that the media is accurate, lest I be accused of trying to protect the Trump admin.)
But it is also true that Iran has tried to copy our cruise missiles, because everyone is trying to copy U.S. tech. “Weapons expert” Jeffrey Lewis says the missile in the blurry video is obviously a Tomahawk because it is, quote, “long, cylindrical; it has a set of wings.”
It is also true – and this is very important context – that the school that was hit was on or adjacent to the grounds of an Iranian military base. The statement about outdate DIA intel supports this
There is more on Not the Bee if you click the link….
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Google admits it removes or restricts any online content that promotes ‘climate change denial’. But it fails to tell users about its secretive & misleading bias, pretending there is ‘overwhelming scientific consensus’ that humans cause global warming, which been static & stable for at least 30 years. Google censors & eradicates all other views on climate. What are they scared of? Google said it wants to prevent the spread of ‘false information’ about climate change as a hoax caused by human activity as the primary cause. So it suppresses & hides all other viewpoints, saying it relies on a false ‘overwhelming consensus’ within the scientific community. Many do disagree, including the US Government. It’s usually only done by totalitarian regimes. Google’s blatant censorship restricts freedom of speech, even if it considers the views being censored are ‘scientifically fringe’.
They are so afraid that the truth, actual data, different opinions & interpretations will destroy their”climate change emergency”narrative so they could impose“sustainable development goals”on the entire world.
JUST IN – YouTube admits to having censored people during the COVID pandemic, and for political reasons. Offers terminated creators the opportunity to rejoin the platform.
