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Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

The Grammar of Empire: How Western Media Rewrites War in Real Time

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The Grammar of Empire: How Western Media Rewrites War in Real Time

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Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

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Language is never neutral. Every word choice is a political act, and nowhere is this more visible than in the coverage of military conflict by the Western mainstream press. The headlines we read, t…

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This isn’t specific to Iran, this is how consent is manufactured

And surely you are not implying that Western media, who are the ones using these tactics, is independent?

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