By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.

What would Donald Trump have to do for the U.S. media to frame what he is doing in Venezuela as an act of war?

This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s an actual inquiry, the pursuit of which can reveal a lot about how U.S. media’s default posture is state subservience and stenography. In the past few months, President Trump has committed several clear acts of war against Venezuela, including: murdering — in cold blood — scores of its citizens, hijacking its ships, stealing its resources, issuing a naval blockade, and attacking its ports.

Then in a stunning escalation on early Saturday morning, the administration invaded Venezuela’s sovereign territory, bombing several buildings, killing at least 40 more of its citizens, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their bed, and announcing they will, henceforth, “run” the country.

And yet none of these acts of brazen aggression, violence, and violations of international law have, in any sustained or meaningful way, been referred to as acts of war, a coup, or invasion in U.S. mainstream media reporting.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    33·
    5 days ago

    Except for all of those outlets who are calling it an act of war. The ones we’re all in here pretending don’t exist for some reason.

          • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
            31·
            5 days ago

            Well that and it’d be better if dems were doing it.

            Of course thus is roughly their thinking so 100% would have no issues at all, even though don’t really have any, if it was a dem

            it’s okay because he just took the dictator out and stupidly left the vp in place instead of putting in that Nobel peace prize winner

            And for those doubting

            https://lemmy.world/comment/21382769

            it’s okay for congress to use as much force as possible if they think it’s for the good

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                31·
                5 days ago

                I love how centrists expect everyone to just agree with them that “the second worst genocide party” is “good.”

                • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
                  22·
                  5 days ago

                  You’re the centrist for claiming both parties are bad. You literally claim that you can’t choose between mass death and exodus versus a withholding of arms, though I suspect in private you would choose the death and exodus for pallestine because it justifies your petty and shallow political identity.

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    31·
                    5 days ago

                    You literally claim that you can’t choose between mass death and exodus versus a withholding of arms

                    Withholding of arms wasn’t on the table.

                    I suspect in private you would choose the death and exodus for pallestine because it justifies your petty and shallow political identity.

                    No, I don’t hold your views in private, either.