In another bizarre moment, CNN suffers from a real-journalism crisis and exposes the US war crimes in Yemen ... again!
It’s
almost like watching The Twilight Zone!
When the
corporate media finally decided to dedicate some of their 'precious'
time to focus on the war crimes in Yemen, we thought that it was just
a smokescreen. The 'unexplained phenomenon' happened after the
unimaginable war-crime in which a school bus was bombed by the Saudi
coalition, fully supported by the US.
The
global condemnation was so loud that the corporate media couldn't
avoid it. They had to speak about it. However, we were right. It was
just a small parenthesis away from the common agenda. The US-Saudi
coalition war crimes in Yemen continue at the same rate, but the
corporate media continue to act like if the war doesn't even exist.
Yet,
surprisingly enough, we had an unexpected exception to this corporate
media norm. CNN decided to return to the issue and condemn the US
involvement in Yemen!
In the
following video, Kyle Kulinski was also surprised by the fact that
CNN covered again the war crimes in Yemen and openly condemned the US
involvement:
How did
that happened?
It’s
almost like watching The Twilight Zone, but in the end, we can think
of at least four possible explanations for this - at first sight -
‘unexplained phenomenon’:
1) The
liberal part of the corporate media (with CNN in the front line),
attempts to destroy the image of the 'anti-interventionist' Donald
Trump through which he attracted many voters. The war in Yemen is
more convenient for such a purpose because it doesn't serve directly
the US interests. The huge hypocrisy can be seen clearly by the fact
that the liberal pundits praise Trump as being 'presidential' when he
bombs Syria.
If we
had a liberal puppet in power, the liberal part of the corporate
media probably wouldn't bother to look at these war crimes at all.
Besides, the war in Yemen was started during the Obama administration
and this is something that many of the liberal pundits are being
forced to mention now. They just claim that the situation in Yemen is
getting worse under Trump's presidency.
2) CNN
is about to sell another devastating war elsewhere (most probable
target: Iran). CNN was in the first line of the corporate media that
pushed for the US invasion in Iraq with all the dire consequences.
This was a key factor for losing big audiences and ratings. Recall
that both Trump's supporters and Sanders' progressives adopted the
'CNN sucks!' motto during the 2016 presidential election rallies.
Therefore, it is very hard today to push for another war. The
‘honesty crisis’ concerning the US war crimes in Yemen probably
serves as a counterbalance for such a purpose.
3) If
you examine closer CNN's specific report, you will realize that it
focuses on US weapons systems that have been sold to the Saudis. It
doesn't mention the other forms of military assistance provided by
the US to the Saudi coalition. You can see it even in the banner
under the title "Yemen's 'made in America' war". The "made
in America" phrase aims to make the viewer focus on the fact
that American weaponry has been sold to the Saudis and used for these
war crimes. Again, this is not the only way in which the US is
participating in these war crimes. Don't forget, for example that the
US contributes in the blockade of goods which are necessary for the
relief of civilians.
And the
bigger 'shock' comes little later. CNN report finally refers to
specific arms companies that sold these weapons! Raytheon and
Lockheed Martin. When was the last time that did such a thing? It
looks like a covert negative advertisement on behalf of competitors.
After all, with its ratings in free fall, CNN has to look for
alternative funding sources.
4) After
years of lies and propaganda, and with its ratings in free fall, CNN
finally decides to make a big turn towards ... truth. As the
audiences turn massively to alternative sources, like RT, or other
smaller independent media that expose lies and war crimes, it seems
that propaganda is not profitable any more. It brings much more
damage. So, CNN decides to rebound in the media market by starting to
invest on truth. This scenario, of course, is too good to be true.
Maybe
CNN's real-journalism crisis could be explained by these scenarios,
or, by a combination of some of them. Or, maybe there are other
explanations for this ‘unexplained phenomenon’.
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