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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] 69 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

but it’s very telling that this will assuredly get almost no coverage on big news networks like abc, cbs, fox, etc.

ABC News - Active-duty airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, Air Force confirms

CBS News - U.S. Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., in apparent protest against war in Gaza

Fox News - US service member sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in DC

and virtually no coverage in the larger papers like the NYT

New York Times - A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the police said.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago

    "gee why did he set himself on fire? must just be something people do"

    it's laughable how US media attributes self-immolation in Tibet to what must be CPC oppression, but self-immolation in the US must just be a cute little coincidence due to poor mental health

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  • [+] -24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    you managed so thoroughly to miss the point I was making, I'm impressed

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You made an objective point, then a subjective one.

    The objective one: "it's very telling that this will assuredly get almost no coverage on big news networks like abc, cbs, fox, etc." They addressed the objective one with their links.

    The subjective one cannot be addressed yet, as it's so soon after the event. You will probably end up correct that this event will not visibly persist, but you can't know for sure, time will tell.

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  • [+] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    What fucking show? It’s almost March and it has snowed like four times.

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  • [+] -28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't confuse people whose whole narrative is build on some conspiracy of media suppression with facts.

    I guess skipping the term "Lügenpresse" to avoid the obvious link was deemed enough progress to keep that same 100 years old tactic alive...

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They said almost no and virtually no coverege. It's not anti-semitic to point out that western media is heavily skewed towards Israel. You're completely delusional if you think that's not the case.

    Obviously there were going to be articles about the man who set himself on fire just as there was for the person who did it in 2022 due to the climate crisis. The point is the attention the media places on WHY it happens that is being ignored or heavily downplayed.

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