"Like their yellow-press predecessors plumping for the opening conflicts of the modern American empire over a century ago, today's establishment press is shaping yet one more narrative of interventionist impunity, out of the same hoary materials. Now, as in 1898, American leaders are posing as the selfless guardians of global self-governance; now, as then, the country professes that it will meekly deliver the sovereignty it has defiled back into the hands of a grateful and oppressed mass public."
"The familiar jingoistic media reset is so sweeping that even prominent supposed critics of Trump's imperial presidency are pushing their way into the front of the cheering section. In my billionaire-ravaged hometown paper, normally reliable Trump-baiting tory columnist George F. Will has turned in a chin-jutting encomium to the rudderless Trump action worthy of William Randolph Hearst."
American corporate media has regained narrative control by promoting military intervention against Iran, employing the same interventionist rhetoric used during the Spanish-American War over a century ago. Establishment press frames military action as defending global self-governance while promising to restore sovereignty to affected populations. This pattern repeats historical imperial missions that generate regional instability, leaving private interests to manage consequences. Even prominent Trump critics have joined the pro-war chorus, with columnists like George F. Will abandoning skepticism to celebrate military action. The media's enthusiastic embrace of military intervention demonstrates how press institutions consistently support imperial ventures regardless of their legality or justification.
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