Thread by @BenjaminNorton

Let's be clear: The Trump admin sent a drone into what Iran says was its sovereign airspace. The US knew Iran would shoot it down in self-defense—but the US gov also knew the corporate media would obediently portray this as Iranian "escalation," helping justify Trump's aggression

The Trump admin's strategy toward Iran is blatantly aggressive and illegal provocation — but the corporate media is dutifully going along with this, helping to whitewash US aggression, portray Iran as the aggressor, and sell a new war.

The corporate media is a handmaiden to war.

Case study in propaganda: NBC's Today show obediently regurgitates the US military's narrative, with no skepticism.

Iran says the US drone was in its airspace; US military says otherwise. Whose claims make the headline? US of course.

This is state media.
today.com/video/iran-sho…

This is 100% war propaganda. This has no journalistic value at all.

NBC's Today interviewed Condoleezza Rice — an architect of the Iraq War! — who blamed everything on Iran, claiming "the Iranians are the troublemakers."

Then this "news" report ends goading Trump to wage war!

The corporate media is inviting the same war criminals who lied to justify the illegal war on Iraq to peddle more lies to justify an illegal war on Iran!

CNBC also did a softball interview with Iraq War architect Condoleezza Rice, who just demonized Iran
cnbc.com/video/2019/06/…

This is just state media propaganda. Everything is "the Pentagon says," "the Pentagon says."

CBS' correspondent is in the UAE, and he embeds directly with the US military for his anti-Iran "report."

Then CBS cuts to its "expert" pundit *at the Pentagon*!

Everything about this is state media propaganda.

CBS' correspondent is in the UAE (an authoritarian US-backed dictatorship with slaves).

This correspondent with his spray-on tan then embeds with the US Navy, which he obediently echoes.

Then the CBS "expert" is at the Pentagon.

In a sane world, a journalist would be fired for doing a softball interview with Condoleezza Rice on Iran and not once mentioning that she is a war criminal who helped orchestrate the Iraq War, which killed 1 MILLION Iraqis.

But in the US corporate media, you are rewarded.

It's impossible to overstate how horrible, ridiculous, irresponsible, dishonest, and propagandistic US corporate media coverage is on Iran (& Venezuela, Russia, China, etc.)

The more you travel, the more you see how it's just brainwashing to manufacture consent for US gov crimes

The state propagandists at CBS want you to know that the US sending thousands of troops to threaten Iran is "benign."

"Benign"!

The state propagandists at ABC "News" are working hard to portray Iran as the aggressor and sell a new US war.

The title of this propaganda report is "Iran says it's 'ready for war'" — even though Iran has repeated many times that *it does not want war*!

What "independent" "expert" did ABC choose to come on air to help its war propaganda against Iran? Why, a retired colonel from the US military of course.

I repeat for the thousandth time: This is just state media propaganda.

The state propagandists at CNN also embedded with the US Navy, uncritically echoing the US military's war propaganda against Iran without a shred of skepticism.

Again, the US corporate media is a handmaiden to war.