Podcast #206 - Fox News: Let's Pretend There is No War in Iran

About this episode

The episode critiques Fox News' coverage of the Iran conflict and its focus on distractions from political scandals.

Last week Fox News decided everything was more important than the war between Israel, the United States and Iran. Although the conflict was still the top topic for the week most of the segments dedicated to it included retired military leaders pontificating on possible next moves for the commander-in-chief. While the PBS News Hour showed massive damage to residential buildings and energy infrastructure in Lebanon, Israel and other countries in the Middle East, Fox News featured war correspondents talking into cameras. Anyone watching Fox News would have no idea that civilian targets in Israel, Iran and Lebanon were hit. The violence in Iran was reduced to the same recycled aerial shots from the start of the conflict. The folks at Fox News appeared delighted that Trump decided to “take a break” from a war he seemed to start on a whim. None of us can truly know Trump’s motives for launching the conflict but suddenly the media stopped talking about the ever-worsening scandals surrounding the president and the Epstein files. While Trump’s poll numbers plummeted and gasoline prices skyrocketed Fox News was so desperate for distracting content it manufactured a fake outrage campaign…

Topics covered

• media coverage
• Iran conflict
• political commentary
• Trump administration
• public perception
• Fox News analysis

Keywords

• Fox News
• Iran
• Trump
• Sydney Sweeney
• media analysis
• politics
• war coverage
• public opinion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox News, PBS News Hour

Places: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, United States

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