People are losing trust in mainstream media because of perceived biased coverage of the Gaza genocide. If that erosion of trust is real, why isn’t it prompting wider public re-examination of historical cover-ups and contested narratives — Watergate, Iran–Contra, Iraq, even shifting beliefs about who “beat” the Nazis? If we don’t question how past information was shaped, what’s the point of preserving evidence (e.g., Gaza genocide evidence recently removed from YouTube by Google)? Won’t this all be forgotten in a few years, the same way all those previous events are no longer discussed?
What’s stopping a sustained, constructive public inquiry into these parallels between past cover-ups and current information control? Where are good, constructive places to discuss these issues without falling into unproductive conspiracy spirals?
Once again I don’t listen to ‘media literate’ people who never talked about Palestine they are deeply unserious. Read the post you are in.
That’s the worst part: they do talk about Palestine. Just in the context of whoever they’re covering. It’s a little comforting to know you don’t really bother engaging with anything people actually say to you, though.
Have they rebuked there been rapes on October 7 yes or no?