#western media

[ghostingghosty]

Iran has launched a retaliation against Israel for the attack on a diplomatic iranian building, and therefore Iranian soil, in Damascus, Syria. The attack got little mentions in the news, and media will use this lack of information to favour Israel, as headlines are where most people stop reading. Be aware and stay informed; Israel started this, NOT Iran OR Palestine.

Israel's, with the full support and weapons of the US, ongoing genocide on palestininians, their multiple attacks on land outside their colonisation "mission", and their general military mindset of being in the right are the fault of this. This is a retaliation from Iran, and all further escalations from this situation will be due to the unhinged evilness and ego of the USA, Israel, and the West. All blood will be on the hands of the oppressors; both those who are directly feasting on the meat of their victims, those who refuse to use a leash and those who ignores the blood.

I am afraid of the prospects of the situation escalating by the US's military force being sent to, not only, "Israel" and Palestine but also, now, Iran. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in the "war against terror" and millions were affected. Not only that, but the prospects of the war reaching outside the region are also getting increasingly more of a reality, and I hope all who, before, could ignore the terrors by turning of their tv's, now will finally look, even if it is for own self-interest.

Stay informed and keep informing those around you – remember, the Western medias are zionists and many will fall for their propaganda. Stay safe. Free Palestine.

[sayruq]

[mahoganygold213]

[i-am-aprl]

So yesterday's powerful case for the genocide was hard to find and not broadcasted on major networks but today's response to yesterday is readily available everywhere? Got it, makes sense.

[sophiemariepl]

Am I the only one here who is so damn angry about the fact that a large portion of the Slavic representation on the Western media is either Russian, Russian-coded (e.g. the Grisha Universe by Leigh Bardugo) or copies the narratives about other Slavic nations that exist in the Russian discourse about them?

[nezreblogz]

Do you think that if Israel came out and admitted they murdered the World Central Kitchen workers on purpose that anything would change?

That Biden would stop sending weapons? That they'd be slammed in the media? That everyone who's stayed silent so far would speak out?

Of course not. I don't know why they bother to lie anymore, there's not anything they could do that would stop the support. We've seen this.

[intersectionalpraxis]

I can't help but think the 'Epstein list' is being used as a strategic distraction right now in mainstream media by the US government -especially considering the timing (and no, I'm not trying to make a conspiracy out of this). I know we have been waiting for this to come out, but don't let it deter you from what is happening around the world -like for instance, the developing story of a US drone striking and killing Iraqi paramilitary members in Baghdad recently -and US-backed IOF attacking Lebanon and Iran in the past few days, alongside the nonstop genocide and mass bombings, war crimes and crimes against humanity happening in Gaza. Even in the slight chance it's not, be vigilant.

[belltaviasbff]

western news outlets and reporters are claiming that messi wearing the bisht, the black garment/overcoat, “ruined” (the telegraph) the best moment of his life.

“it’s a shame they’ve covered his argentina shirt” (gary lineker, bbc pundit). “just why, why would they do that?”

do you have any idea how tone-deaf that comes across as? do you know how expensive this piece of clothing is? did you consider that this is a way an arab host is honouring his guest? by giving him the same cloak their royalty wear? did you consider the fact that no one else cares??????

messi himself posted the picture on instagram 😭. anyone can see that he didn’t look at all uncomfortable when they were putting it on him. western media is clearly more disturbed about it than he is. he just looks like he’s having the best moment of his life and he couldn’t care less if he was wearing a spacesuit right now, but thank you to western media for enforcing the idea it was a problem.

oh and even if he did have a problem with it, can i just make it clear that NO ONE, less still you morally superior westerners, is allowed to talk about someone else’s culture with such a ridiculously distasteful and arrogant tone.

honestly in a way i’m so glad this world cup is over because now i can stop hearing western media’s constant passive aggressive, frankly racist attitude towards arab/muslim culture. good riddance…

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edit: thank you to all the wonderful argentines and others taking the time reblogging saying that you understand it was something meant to honour messi and that u honestly don’t care that he wore it, im loving reading what you guys think and im glad most of us have brains here, much love to you all ‼️🫡

[wolfepirat3]

Okay i like... just realized that ive literally never expanded on my love for westerns besides the copious amounts of references in my fic and the one picture of all my westerns...

So heres a list of all the westerns in my collection (plus my favorites, ill mark them with a *)

Shows

Gunsmoke (seasons 1-5)

Laramie (seasons 1-4)*

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Lonesome Dove The Series

Magnificent Seven 1998 (season 1-2)*

Rawhide (season 1)

Shane 1966*

Lonesome Dove (miniseries)

Return to Lonesome Dove (miniseries)

Sugarfoot (season 1-4)

Movies

Streets of Laredo

Dead Man's Walk

The Magnificent Seven 1960*

The Magnificent Seven 2015

Tombstone*

Young Guns*

Young Guns II*

A Fistful of Dollars

For A Few Dollars More

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Pale Rider

Hang 'Em High

High Plains Drifter

The Outlaw Josey Wales

3:10 to Yuma 2007*

Shane 1952*

Once Upon A Time in The West*

Evil Roy Slade

Books

Appaloosa

Brimstone

Shane*

Blood, Guts, and Glory

Saddle by Starlight

The Gunslinger

Lonesome Dove*

Comanche Moon

Dead Man's Walk

Streets of Laredo

The Big Sky*

The Way West

Seven Ox Seven Part One, Escondido Bound

The Tall Stranger

Kilkenny

Hondo

Showdown at Yellow Butte

The Virginian*

Miscellaneous

Adventures of the Old West (docuseries)

Outlaws & Gunslingers (docuseries)

Legends of The Old West (docuseries)

The Classic TV Western Collection (40 misc. episodes)

TV Western Collection (27 misc. episodes)

Western Collection (8 misc. movies)

The Wild Wild West the Series (book)

The Hollywood Western (book)

A Pictorial History of Westerns (book)*

Please please please ask me about any of them if you like any please!!

Those are all of the physical westerns i have, but there are plenty more i love but havent gotten my hands on yet!

[ghostingghosty]

I hope that this critisisable and disgusting (I would use the word inhumane, but I would argue that this is unfortunately the most human of actions) situation that we are witnessing in Gaza, Palestine, will finally make people realise how corrupt the West is. We are not the good guys. Eurocentrism is a lie. All the knowlegde you have been fed through your government and media is spices hatred; it's propaganda. You are privileged, yes, but only because of colonialism and the wealth which comes with it. International law is a fucking joke and America does not support it; neither does 'Isreal'. The Isrealian head og state will never be trialed on his war crimes – why? Because neither did Reagan, Bush or Obama (ect.). My nation followed the US into Afghanistan, and we have the right to make the call of who is and isn't a terrorist? I spit in the hole digged, but never filled, of nationalistic principles.

In a few years (perhaps in a decade or two) a documentary will air which will describe the horrifying events and grant the west permission to proclaim a new narrative. I would argue that this is not needed to realise our wrongful, terror-supporting, narrative – what is needed, is a fucking mirror.

[sayruq]

[calling-the-angels]

Shame on you, USA Today!

This is the shoddiest piece of "journalism" I have ever seen. @usatoday

Examples (emphasis mine):

"Explosions were heard in Iran after Israel launched missile strikes in retaliation for a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles fired by Tehran over the weekend..."

"It was unclear what targets had been hit inside Iran. Iran's weekend swarm of munitions and Israel's response marked the first direct exchanges of fire between the regional arch-enemies."

"Israel, the U.S. and other regional and Western allies joined forces on Saturday to blast hundreds of Iranian drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles out of the sky after they were fired at Israel."

"That attack was itself an act of retaliation after Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni, blamed Israel for an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, that killed several people including a leading Revolutionary Guards commander."

"Officials have been on edge about the possibility of a regional war since the Palestinian militant group Hamas rampaged across southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and taking more than 200 people hostage. More than 30,000 Palestinians have died in the ensuing six months in Israeli airstrikes and ground fire, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry."

Language -- and how you use it -- matters, dammit.

It matters what words you use to describe an action. The word you choose tells the reader context clues about what is an acceptable action and what is not. It influences viewpoints about what you are reporting on. Using words and phrases like "barrage" and "swarm of munitions" while painting Israel's actions as a simple "response" without context is a gross manipulation tactic.

It is a gross manipulation tactic to paint the actions of "Israel, the U.S. and other regional and Western allies" as this heroic and epic fantasy where they "joined forces" and "blasted" enemy fire "out of the sky" after they were "fired at Israel." Why did they fire at Israel? Go on, you reported on it. Despite the fact that this linked article features the same shameful use of deliberate word choices to manipulate your readers, you even quoted the Iranian ambassador Hossein Akbari saying that the Iranian response would be "the same magnitude and harshness." Is that not what the terrible "barrage" of missiles and drones fired over the weekend was? Surely, you will bring this up in the article.

"The attack was itself an act of retaliation..." Great, we are going to mention that Israel attacked Iran first. "... after Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni, blamed Israel for an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria." What the fuck. Not only do you then continue on to diminish the lives lost in that airstrike using word choices like "killed several people" and then highlighting one's military connections. It is a blatant manipulation tactic to frame Israel's attack as retaliatory due to an accusation of violence that only "killed several people." Fuck you for diminishing the lives of those in the Middle East living this fucking war/nightmare. Fuck you.

And then, to add insult to injury, you use more inflammatory language to associate Palestinians with a "militant group" called Hamas that "rampaged across southern Israel on Oct. 7." Is Hamas a part of local authority in Gaza? Yes. But painting Palestinians in broad brush strokes with that tone and word association is extremely dangerous and damaging. It's almost similar to how Israeli propaganda speaks about Palestinians...

You then discredit any reporting about the "self defense" that Israel has visited on Gaza and Palestine in the 6 months since October. You do this by stating that the shocking idea of "30,000 Palestinian deaths" (which has already been reported on by far more reputable news sources... though they have their own faults) is the reported deaths by the "Hamas-run Gaza health ministry." Since you have already done the job of describing Hamas as a "militant group" that "rampages" across Israel, do you think that associating the most reliable death count with the "enemy" isn't a disgusting manipulation tactic that belittles and diminishes the very real genocide happening against the Palestinians? Caused by their occupier, Israel?

You aren't news or journalism like you frame yourself to be through your website layout, articles, and tv shows. You are propaganda, bought and paid for by the Israeli occupation. You are on the wrong side of history.

I hope that you and the Western media that have used similar tactics are used in future journalism classes at universities and colleges around the world. I hope you are used as an example of terrible, bad reporting informed only by biases and internal memos telling you what to say. I am disgusted.

Fuck Israel. Fuck the IOF. Fuck Western media.

🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸

[chimaeraonwards]

i found this article and now im wondering, how are we supposed to trust any of these western news sites now and in the future?

i live in a country where the news has been crucial in exposing governmental corruption, human rights violations, child exploitation, and even assassinations. i have seen how journalism has shaped movements, uplifted the voiceless, and informed the public on issues that impact them and their lives. i know journalists who put their personal safety on the line to let the world know the stories that should be told. good journalism is beautiful and life-changing.

the way that these western news sites have spread proven falsehoods has put a stain on the profession. they are a disgrace to actual journalists around the world, especially to those on the ground in Palestine - the very same journalists who are being killed by the bombs that the western news tries to justify.

am i saying that news agencies in other parts of the world are free from flaws? heck no! in fact, i highly suggest you research who actually owns the news in your country and other places in your region or have a look at the 2023 World Press Index and see where each country lies. if you're not sure what I mean by "who actually owns the news" i suggest watching John Oliver's video of the Sinclair Broadcast Group where he breaks down how a corporation can impact news coverage.

it is how the western media was so ready to spin the narrative in Israel's favour and openly support lies like "the 40 beheaded babies" without any evidence or fact-checking that is so appalling.

those lies have detrimental effects. it has played a role in the manufacturing of consent for genocide and lets people justify the further atrocities committed against the Palestinian people by the Israeli government.

journalists have a duty to speak the truth and be the voice of the people - not to be mouthpieces of the powerful.

i believe that there are many journalists in western media who are frustrated that they cannot speak the truth and my heart goes out to them. i cannot imagine being in their position. i admire the journalists who stood up for the truth even though they likely got fired or reprimanded for it.

you might say that maybe their hands are tied and they can't report the news in an objective and fair manner because of the people up top. and that comes back to my initial argument, how can i know to trust them in the future? it feels like a betrayal to the people.

these news sites need to be held accountable. in my opinion, there needs to be an overhaul in industry on a global level with proper transparency and checks and balances, we cannot continue to accept and live like this.

[intersectionalpraxis]

Can I be blunt and rant for a minute? Because I've had it up to here with the way Western "news" is coddling Zionists. They keep dragging this Zionist parent of one of the hostages to stir pity because she has cancer and wants to see her daughter again. The superiority complexes of these people astounds and disgusts me. They really believe their lives are worth more than anyone else's - certainly more than a Palestinian's. Meanwhile, this morning I saw a video on Twitter of a mother in Gaza being told that her toddler was dead. She'd been trying to have him for fifteen years! 15! Imagine trying for a baby for over a decade and then only having that child for, what, three years? It's heartbreaking and infuriating all at once but all the news cares to talk about is how we should feel bad for this Zionist woman! I have no pity for her or her daughter or any hostages/prisoners of war/whatever. They partied on stolen land. They brought their fate on themselves but these poor children committed no crime but to be born in Gaza!

Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

💯💯💯 I wholeheartedly agree with your stance! Selective empathy is poisonous and insensitive -mainstream western media has done NOTHING but paint the IOF as justified in their settler-colonial terrorism, and have not given an ounce of their reporting to truly unveil what is going on and to fully display the disproportionate amount of violence and oppression Palestinian people have been through for decades -and especially over these past 101 days of genocide (which was been watered down as a 'war against Hamas.')

There are ENDLESS stories I can share about Palestinian prisoners who have been tortured, deprived of medical care and treatment, and who have been locked away in solitary confinement for inhuman periods of time -some of whom, when they returned were unable to recognize their families, and some of whom who had cancer or serious illnesses that were neglected and ignored. For anyone who does not follow Palestine Captives on X/Twitter, please do. They share the stories of Palestinians held captive and who were released.

I don't have any pity for an occupied force either, and I have little sympathy for stories like that zionist there because the IOF has thousands of children in their prison cells, and many more that are being malnourished, abused, and beaten to a state of near-death or who end up being killed. The sheer cognitive dissonance of zionists -of only seeking 'humanity' when it concerns their settler state.

Like, even objectively (which is clearly something the western media lacks), nobody would disagree that it's awful -having your child being held as a prisoner of war or as a hostage -but that includes Palestinian people and their children too -how many of their children have been kidnapped, robbed of their childhoods, and murdered by a terrorist state?? It's just baffling to me. The double standards are beyond inappropriate and vile.

Showing 'one side' of a story is always dangerous -and that, yes, especially includes the zionist entity, who has done nothing but perpetuate the 'we are always the victim card,' and it's disgusting.

[dayinadream]

israeli fake news and propaganda 🤥

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