US Media Coverage of the War in Iran: Fact, Fiction and Propaganda

The battle on the propaganda front intensifies

As the US and Israel battle to control the story of their war against Iran, their messaging gets harder to defend.

Has the Media Been Responsible for America Losing Wars?

Has the Media Been Responsible for America Losing Wars? As the war in the Middle East rages, let’s take a pause and a walk back through some history of the media and America at war. Let's start specifically with the war in Vietnam. As someone (ahem!) old enough to recall the media coverage of the Vietnam War there is plenty to remember. And specifically to remember the slow and then rapid change of pace with the media of the day going from supp…

Reviewing Mainstream Media Coverage Of The Iran Conflict - Patriot Newsfeed

When readers opened the homepages of America’s major legacy media outlets on Thursday morning, the story was not delivered through a single explosive claim or a provable falsehood. Instead, the narrative emerged through a pattern. It appeared in the selection of headlines, the order of the stories, and the emotional framing that accompanied coverage of the United States’ escalating military conflict with Iran. Nothing about the reporting appeare…

US media coverage of the war in Iran: Fact, fiction and propaganda

Polls in the United States suggest the war in Iran is unusually unpopular compared with past US military conflicts. There has been propaganda, video-game footage and facts spun into fiction, but also excellent reporting and crucial analysis of the innocent lives lost. This week, FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop looks at US media coverage, and our guest is Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst.