The point was to use plausible sounding word vomit to distract and “to be faiiiiiir”. How did I not address that? I guess I could have been more aggressive and called the person I’m replying to either willfully genocidal or just a useful idiot.

Says the person who screams and insults, "Do something!" all while probably not even a US citizen and gives no advice.

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

To "break their spirit", same as the Nazis tried when they bombed British cities?!

Reminds me of a thread on Reddit of photos of Israeli missiles stuck in civilian buildings (apartment blocks). People asking where it was from and not one comment stating it was a Syrian city and where the missiles came from.
Treat everything you see as unconfirmed, no mater if it is for or against your beliefs. Manipulation is everywhere.

The existence of the attacks were, but not the details.

Israel is using the "they have underground facilities there, trust us" tactic again

Look we don't know if we're evil but we are very certain that Iran is incredibly based

What this reads like to me

I know it's very, very cliche to mention Manufacturing Consent these days, but anyone who hasn't read it really should get ahold of a copy and at least read the first 2 or 3 chapters.

How did they verify the details according to the articles?

How is it easy to verify claims in Israel when they lockdown areas, censor their own media, and assassinate journalists and their families who report on Israeli genocide? Israel does not have a more free press than Iran does.

Wasn’t Israel the country that has killed the most journalists in the world?

Same here: https://lemmy.world/post/43760793

US fighter jets "crashed", " falling from the sky" and "collision".
Pure framing bullshit!
Like they were out of fuel or something.

Kuwait blasted them! By accident.
That was already confirmed and stated.

You've lost all nuance and rationality

Given the loss of trust in media, if they want readers to give them the benefit of the doubt, they would need to cite their sources. I haven't ready either of these paywalled articles, but generally, they don't.

Never heard of it. Tell me why?

Like its title suggests, it delves into the ways in which popular consent is manufactured via the media (at the time - 1988 - mostly print, radio, and television). It's thoroughly convincing and is that rare type of book that can discuss research without alienating casual readers. Highly recommended.

wait wut, the nyt (or any of our media rags) is a fucking propaganda pos? Is their a pikachu were he looks at you like you are fucking dumbass and he can believe you didnt know?

I haven't looked into it too much but I believe the school was near a military base and the rocket malfunctioned and went off course and hit the wrong target.

Today's lucky 10,000 would still benefit from learning about the media like this.

It must be in their style guide that Israel is always good lol

Whilst NYT might not be Nazi, this is just how they worked the majority of the German population at that time. It starts light.

Despite being the least upvoted response, this is the actual answer - the school was directly next door to a military base

I really appreciate people who notice things like these and bring it to light for everyone else.

Thank you.

I've never read the Parenti book. Thanks for the recommendation.

Pretty heartbreaking about Chomsky and Epstein. But, you're right about Manufacturing Consent. Actually, Chomsky wasn't much more than an editor. All of the key concepts and the methodology were Herman's. Sure, the book wouldn't have been so popular without Chomsky's participation, but Herman could have written the book on his own, no question.