I try my best to avoid mocking Donald Trump but there was a recent interview on Fox News which I was unable to ignore. I want to use that interview to showcase the sick attitude in the media.
Most critics on this interview focused on the wrong part, which is Trump’s obsession on explaining the Chocolate cake. I found a particular point quite curious. In the 8th second of the video, Mario Bartiromo the fox news interviewer asks a question “was that planned? .. because right there you are saying a reminder who the superpower in the world is….”. She says that with what I see as a condescending smirk, an expression I am increasingly seeing amongst republicans addressing the media. If you replace Donald Trump with Barrack Obama, that question could have definitely come from Jake Tapper or Anderson Cooper of CNN. This attitude definitely exemplifies what is wrong with the media.
Every media outlet has been supportive of Trump’s strikes in Syria. They see subservience to the moral policing of the NATO forces headed by the US, the military strikes in the middle east and the regime changes across the globe as a way to prove their patriotism and also satisfy their owners who have heavily invested in arms dealers and manufacturers.
Though the reasons to support the military might could be different, the media attitude towards this testosterone-infused governance is quite pervasive across the globe. Countries like China, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Australia, the UK, Philippines have become glowing examples of military reverence. A mere act of questioning the military action is considered immoral and seditious.
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