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[–] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

I'm not reading OPs comment as being about the media not covering the war. That would indeed be an absurd statement, I read it as a statement that the media not covering it as Trumps warm and not linking these earlier tweets about him being aware of using an Iran war to cover up something.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    I’m not reading OPs comment as being about the media not covering the war.

    I honestly don't know how you can't. Those are the words he used, it seems unambiguous. You're taking an unsupported leap in this interpretation.

    I read it as a statement that the media not covering it as Trumps warm

    Of course they have been. People here just don't read the news. They read snippets and memes and internet comments from random people. Going by AP's coverage alone, you can't think the war was caused by anyone but Trump.

    What's happening here are typical lazy generalizations of the "media", which lumped into some single entity by these simpletons. These are the exact people who got us into this Trump situation in the first place. There have been countless times where I've seen a person claim "the media isn't covering this" only to have a quick Google search reveal that most major networks had. Sadly, most prefer to believe the lie because it fits their immature and simplistic worldview.

    In 2016, Trump made it ok to call what you don't like "fake news" and to disregard real reporting. Now it's infected both the left and right and the country has gotten much stupider.

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