• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Are you actually claiming there was no media coverage of the murdered hostages?

    There is a very good argument that the role of non mainstream news sources, like the Intercept, it to shed light on the news that mainstream media doesn’t raise.

    If the CNN was blasting 24 hours the news about this American being shot, I’m pretty sure the Intercept would not bother either.

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      3 months ago

      Just an observation on the nature of media and events. The Intercept is hardly mainstream. Instead of reporting facts it produces outrage purposed dribble, and this is a good example. In this case, those facts are not determined, and the US State Department is seeking them. That’s the way CNN reported it anyway. Should this turn into an Ashli Babbitt situation, the Intercept will not report it and it will not be here because it won’t suit the fashionable narrative.

      On a side note, I wonder what this story has to do with US Politics. Although I do see a mod in the string who should be able to explain that, but probably won’t