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#Jadaliyya's Media Wars Series ep 4 :

The #WarOnIran
The #WarOnLebanon
The #WarOnPalestine

with: Nabih Boulos, Samira Mohyeddin, Adam Johnson, Adel Iskandar, Mouin Rabbani, Bassam Haddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqfURwtEqc
#Israel #Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Gaza #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #media #WesternMedia #MSM #MiddleEastCoverage #IranWarCoverage #PalestineCoverage #GazaCoverage #LebanonWarCoverage #mediaCriticism

#Jadaliyya's Media Wars Series ep 4 :

The #WarOnIran
The #WarOnLebanon
The #WarOnPalestine

with: Nabih Boulos, Samira Mohyeddin, Adam Johnson, Adel Iskandar, Mouin Rabbani, Bassam Haddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqfURwtEqc
#Israel #Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Gaza #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #media #WesternMedia #MSM #MiddleEastCoverage #IranWarCoverage #PalestineCoverage #GazaCoverage #LebanonWarCoverage #mediaCriticism

#Jadaliyya's Media Wars Series ep 4 :

The #WarOnIran
The #WarOnLebanon
The #WarOnPalestine

with: Nabih Boulos, Samira Mohyeddin, Adam Johnson, Adel Iskandar, Mouin Rabbani, Bassam Haddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqfURwtEqc
#Israel #Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Gaza #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #media #WesternMedia #MSM #MiddleEastCoverage #IranWarCoverage #PalestineCoverage #GazaCoverage #LebanonWarCoverage #mediaCriticism

#Jadaliyya's Media Wars Series ep 4 :

The #WarOnIran
The #WarOnLebanon
The #WarOnPalestine

with: Nabih Boulos, Samira Mohyeddin, Adam Johnson, Adel Iskandar, Mouin Rabbani, Bassam Haddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqfURwtEqc
#Israel #Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Gaza #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #media #WesternMedia #MSM #MiddleEastCoverage #IranWarCoverage #PalestineCoverage #GazaCoverage #LebanonWarCoverage #mediaCriticism

Owen Jones welcomes #AdamJohnson, author of #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0

#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #AmericanMedia #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

Owen Jones welcomes #AdamJohnson, author of #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0

#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #AmericanMedia #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

Owen Jones welcomes #AdamJohnson, author of #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0

#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #AmericanMedia #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

Owen Jones welcomes #AdamJohnson, author of #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0

#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #AmericanMedia #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

Owen Jones welcomes #AdamJohnson, author of #HowToSellAGenocide: The #Media's Complicity in the Destruction of #Gaza (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJv8ggAFA0

#GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #AmericanMedia #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

What 10 Studies Reveal About AI Panic in the Media www.aipanic.news/p/what-10-stud… #AI #MediaCriticism (excellent)

FAIR is proud to be recognized as a finalist in the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism for our work chronicling anti-trans bias in corporate media.
https://bellisario.psu.edu/.../bart.../previous-winners
Thank you!
Read more from this ongoing series at fair.org.
#transrights #LGBTQ #mediabias #mediacriticism

FAIR is proud to be recognized as a finalist in the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism for our work chronicling anti-trans bias in corporate media. bellisario.psu.edu/.../bart.../... Thank you! Read more at fair.org. #transrights #LGBTQ #mediabias #mediacriticism

Colonia Aurora’s Women’s Day gift bag sparked a very awkward national conversation

Dear Cherubs, in Colonia Aurora, Misiones, a Women’s Day celebration turned into a public-relations skid mark after the municipality handed out cleaning supplies as prizes and posed the winners for photos. The event was meant to honor local women, but the visual language did the exact opposite and the internet noticed immediately.

THE PHOTO OP
Misiones Online reported that the municipality’s annual event included talks, music and recreational activities, and that more than 200 people attended. But the image that escaped into the wild was not the speech or the concert; it was women smiling with brooms, buckets and squeegees on a day that is supposed to recognize equality, not repackage housework as a prize.

Página/12 and Infobae both described the same basic scene: prizes linked to domestic chores, posted from the municipality’s own social media, followed by a wave of criticism. That is the kind of clue that tells you the problem was not just what happened, but how proudly it was photographed.

THE DEFENSE
Mayor Carlos Goring told local media the cleaning items were part of a mime game and were not the only gifts handed out. He argued the day also included reflection, health talks and other prizes, but once the optics have gone viral, explanations tend to arrive carrying a very small umbrella.

The municipality itself is a small one, with a little over 10,000 residents, tucked in Misiones near the Uruguay River and known for tobacco, yerba mate, soy and an increasingly important pineapple harvest, according to Infobae and DataClave. That is the kind of place where a community event can feel intimate and well-intended, right up until a photo turns it into a national punchline.

The blunt truth is that International Women’s Day carries a century-long history of labor, rights and political struggle, so a broom can never really be “just a joke” once it becomes the centerpiece. A playful game may have been the intent, but the message received by many viewers was a shrugging remix of old stereotypes, which is why the backlash spread so fast.

As noted by thisclaimer.com, the story is less about one municipal blunder than about the gap between intent and image. In the age of instant sharing, that gap can turn a local tribute into a national embarrassment before the mop water has even dried.

Colonia Aurora probably meant to stage a warm, community-minded event. Instead, it managed to hand critics a perfectly packaged symbol of exactly what not to do on 8M, and that is a hard lesson to sweep under the rug.

Misiones Online — https://misionesonline.net/2026/03/09/entrega-de-escobas-y-baldes-dia-de-la-mujer-criticas/
Infobae — https://www.infobae.com/politica/2026/03/09/polemico-festejo-por-el-dia-de-la-mujer-en-misiones-un-municipio-entrego-baldes-escurridores-y-escobas-como-premios/
Página/12 — https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2026/03/09/un-municipio-de-misiones-regalo-baldes-escobas-y-escurridores-por-el-dia-de-la-mujer/
DataClave — https://www.dataclave.com.ar/poder/controversia-en-pueblo-de-misiones-tras-un-festejo-del-8m-donde-regalaron-escobas-y-baldes_a69af09dc1d279cdde00a0818
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com
Thisclaimer YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@thisclaimer?sub_confirmation=1

BOMB FIRST, CAPTION LATER -- new short.

In 2003 the NYT helped sell the Iraq invasion and apologized in a four-paragraph footnote a year later. By then roughly 200,000 Iraqi civilians were dead.

In 2025 the same playbook ran on Iran. "Weeks from a bomb." "Obliterated."

That's not manufacturing consent. That's manufacturing cover.

Full essay: https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-iraq-playbook-came-back

#MediaCriticism #Iran #Iraq #Propaganda #ForeignPolicy #Journalism #ManufacturingConsent

Bomb first, caption later.

2003: NYT manufactured consent for Iraq, apologized in a footnote.

2025: Same playbook on Iran -- "weeks from a bomb," "obliterated," intelligence laundering.

Only 16% of Americans bought it. Bombs fell anyway.

New piece →
https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-iraq-playbook-came-back

#Iran #MediaCriticism #Propaganda #Iraq #ForeignPolicy #Journalism #ManufacturingConsent

https://www.europesays.com/people/39891/ Marco Rubio falsely accuses Iranian exiles of being Qasem Soleimani’s nieces #california #DepartmentOfState #ICE #Iran #LGBT #LosAngeles #MarcoRubio #MediaCriticism #Palestine #TrumpAdministration

The propaganda machine was built to last. The movement carrying it wasn't.
https://youtube.com/shorts/25ezUUVoaEU

#Propaganda #Russia #Disinformation #MediaCriticism #Politics #InfluenceOperations

Does Russian influence survive when the American right devours itself?
https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-firehose-and-the-fracture

#Propaganda #Russia #Disinformation #MediaCriticism #Politics #InfluenceOperations

Trump says Israel never talked him into war with Iran

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump said that Israel never talked him into war with Iran in a…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Iran #Israel #JoeKent #Mediacriticism #Nuclearweapons #Trump #TruthSocial #War
https://www.newsbeep.com/494520/

#CitationsNeeded pod | How Selective, Patronizing "Deradicalization" Discourse Pathologizes #AntiColonialStruggle

'In this episode, we break down the long history of reducing #liberationMovements to "radicalism," "terrorism" and a host of brain problems that avoid addressing the underlying reality of injustice, death and dispossession.'

w/ Prem Thakker

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-237-how-selective
#Palestine #Gaza #Indigenous #colonialViolence #PalestineCoverage #media #mediaCriticism #decolonialStruggles

#CitationsNeeded pod | How Selective, Patronizing "Deradicalization" Discourse Pathologizes #AntiColonialStruggle

'In this episode, we break down the long history of reducing #liberationMovements to "radicalism," "terrorism" and a host of brain problems that avoid addressing the underlying reality of injustice, death and dispossession.'

w/ Prem Thakker

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-237-how-selective
#Palestine #Gaza #Indigenous #colonialViolence #PalestineCoverage #media #mediaCriticism #decolonialStruggles

#CitationsNeeded pod | How Selective, Patronizing "Deradicalization" Discourse Pathologizes #AntiColonialStruggle

'In this episode, we break down the long history of reducing #liberationMovements to "radicalism," "terrorism" and a host of brain problems that avoid addressing the underlying reality of injustice, death and dispossession.'

w/ Prem Thakker

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-237-how-selective
#Palestine #Gaza #Indigenous #colonialViolence #PalestineCoverage #media #mediaCriticism #decolonialStruggles

#CitationsNeeded pod | How Selective, Patronizing "Deradicalization" Discourse Pathologizes #AntiColonialStruggle

'In this episode, we break down the long history of reducing #liberationMovements to "radicalism," "terrorism" and a host of brain problems that avoid addressing the underlying reality of injustice, death and dispossession.'

w/ Prem Thakker

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/ep-237-how-selective
#Palestine #Gaza #Indigenous #colonialViolence #PalestineCoverage #media #mediaCriticism #decolonialStruggles

https://www.europesays.com/videos/11154/ Pete Hegseth quotes fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction #'fakeNews' #BibleVerse #Conservative #FakeBibleVerse #FakeQuote #FoxNews #gop #Hegseth #MediaCriticism #misinformation #misquoted #MovieQuote #news #NewsAnalysis #NewsPublisher #Newspaper #PeteHegseth #PoliticalCommentary #propaganda #PulpFiction #ReligiousHypocrisy #Republican #Telegraph #TheTelegraph #TvNews #UKNews #WorldNews

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #AdamJohnson to discuss his book #HowToSellAGenocide (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

"We talk about how the #media whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable."

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson

#Gaza #GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #AdamJohnson to discuss his book #HowToSellAGenocide (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

"We talk about how the #media whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable."

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson

#Gaza #GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #AdamJohnson to discuss his book #HowToSellAGenocide (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

"We talk about how the #media whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable."

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson

#Gaza #GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #AdamJohnson to discuss his book #HowToSellAGenocide (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

"We talk about how the #media whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable."

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson

#Gaza #GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #AdamJohnson to discuss his book #HowToSellAGenocide (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance)

"We talk about how the #media whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable."

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson

#Gaza #GazaCoverage #Palestine #Israel #PalestineCoverage #USmedia #mediaCriticism #MSM #books @bookstodon

How all propaganda works

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cgP6iS64pJs

https://open.substack.com/pub/joetripician/p/the-mirror-and-the-megaphone

#Propaganda #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #ForeignPolicy #MediaLiteracy #USPolitics #CognitiveWarfare #StateDepartment #MarcoRubio #PsyOps #MediaCriticism #Substack

A great 🧵 by #AdamJohnson of the Citations Needed pod about #WesternMedia's stilted blame-the-victim treatment of the US-Israeli #warOnIran, taking as example the downed US fighter jet.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040277570457932030.html
#Iran #IranWar #IranWarCoverage #media #MSM #mediaCriticism

A great 🧵 by #AdamJohnson of the Citations Needed pod about #WesternMedia's stilted blame-the-victim treatment of the US-Israeli #warOnIran, taking as example the downed US fighter jet.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040277570457932030.html
#Iran #IranWar #IranWarCoverage #media #MSM #mediaCriticism

A great 🧵 by #AdamJohnson of the Citations Needed pod about #WesternMedia's stilted blame-the-victim treatment of the US-Israeli #warOnIran, taking as example the downed US fighter jet.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040277570457932030.html
#Iran #IranWar #IranWarCoverage #media #MSM #mediaCriticism

A great 🧵 by #AdamJohnson of the Citations Needed pod about #WesternMedia's stilted blame-the-victim treatment of the US-Israeli #warOnIran, taking as example the downed US fighter jet.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040277570457932030.html
#Iran #IranWar #IranWarCoverage #media #MSM #mediaCriticism

A great 🧵 by #AdamJohnson of the Citations Needed pod about #WesternMedia's stilted blame-the-victim treatment of the US-Israeli #warOnIran, taking as example the downed US fighter jet.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040277570457932030.html
#Iran #IranWar #IranWarCoverage #media #MSM #mediaCriticism

Rand Paul Slams DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin Over Violence Remarks, Raising Alarms on Leadership

A heated Senate clash reveals troubling acceptance of political violence by DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin. Rand Paul raised urgent concerns about his leadership and accountability.

Rand Paul Slams DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin Over Violence Remarks, Raising Alarms on Leadership

A heated Senate clash reveals troubling acceptance of political violence by DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin. Rand Paul raised urgent concerns about his leadership and accountability.

Rand Paul Slams DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin Over Violence Remarks, Raising Alarms on Leadership

A heated Senate clash reveals troubling acceptance of political violence by DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin. Rand Paul raised urgent concerns about his leadership and accountability.

Rand Paul Slams DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin Over Violence Remarks, Raising Alarms on Leadership

A heated Senate clash reveals troubling acceptance of political violence by DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin. Rand Paul raised urgent concerns about his leadership and accountability.

Rand Paul Slams DHS Nominee Markwayne Mullin Over Violence Remarks, Raising Alarms on Leadership

A heated Senate clash reveals troubling acceptance of political violence by DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin. Rand Paul raised urgent concerns about his leadership and accountability.

Behind Glass | 🔗 https://brennan.day/behind-glass/

#PersonalEssay #SocialJustice #MediaCriticism #Politics #MentalHealth #Philosophy

https://dominusmarkham.com/the-people-they-forgot-to-mention/

#KhargIsland #Iran #USIran #WarOnIran #PersianGulf #MediaBias #CivilianLives #ForeignPolicy #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #TrumpWar #MediaCriticism #HumanRights #AntiWar #OilPolitics #NotJustInfrastructure #NameTheCivilians

Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/

Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/

Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/

Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/

Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/

Incels Won the Culture War | 🔗 https://brennan.day/incels-won-the-culture-war/

#CulturalCriticism #DigitalCulture #SocialCommentary #Feminism #Politics #MediaCriticism

#LARB Radio Hour | "Journalist and 'Equator' co-founder Jonathan Shainin joins the podcast to talk about war in #Iran, #Lebanon, and how conflict is covered by the #press"

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/shainin-iran-war-podcast-media-interview-equator/
#warOnIran #warOnLebanon #media #WesternMedia #USmedia #warReporting #AmericanMedia #MiddleEast #MiddleEastCoverage #mediaCriticism #mediaBias

#LARB Radio Hour | "Journalist and 'Equator' co-founder Jonathan Shainin joins the podcast to talk about war in #Iran, #Lebanon, and how conflict is covered by the #press"

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/shainin-iran-war-podcast-media-interview-equator/
#warOnIran #warOnLebanon #media #WesternMedia #USmedia #warReporting #AmericanMedia #MiddleEast #MiddleEastCoverage #mediaCriticism #mediaBias