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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And was, IIRC, widely praised for it by the pundit class.

[–] fcuks@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

manufacturing consent

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I still remember 2017, when Donald decided to drop the MOAB on Afghanistan and Fareed Zakaria praised him effusively on CNN.

Guess he learned the lesson.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think the "beauty of our weapons" and "Trump became president today" was a different instance from the Soleimani killing.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There were multiple instances. I remember... I think it was Isikoff, asking "are you celebrating" or something to that effect. The only thing stopping universal praise was how scared people were it would start a war. That's currently starting.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm maybe, don't know much about him personally(but probably do his work) I just remember TV media pundits, especially the so called anti Trump media pundits, having an orgasm on TV over bombing on Syria I think.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Oh, yeah, that one definitely happened. The minute it looked like Trump was gonna play ball on their plans for Syria, the entire foreign policy apparatus stopped giving a shit about anything else he did.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Honestly gladdens me to know I'm not the only one who remembers this from 2017.