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BBT #10 Snippet | The Media Isn't Confused About the Middle East — It's Designed to Confuse You
When missiles hit civilian areas and the story changes three times in 24 hours, that's not bad reporting. That's the system working exactly as intended. Military intervention in the Middle East has always come with a media layer — a carefully managed stream of information designed to shape public opinion, move markets, and justify decisions that have already been made. The confusion isn't a side effect. It's the strategy.
Malcolm and Thomas break down what's actually happening beneath the headlines: the real mechanics of military intervention and how decisions get made, how media manipulation…
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