The Hard Truth: Deradicalizing Gaza
U.S. history, Walter Cronkite, and why a post-WWII film has powerful resonance now
By denying reality, news agencies are setting the world up for more devastating wars in the future. I explain in the latest episode of They Stand Corrected:
Yet again, the media responded to a Trump shocker with misguided, context-free hot takes. They showed they’ve learned nothing — not just from covering Trump previously, but from history. American history. In this episode, why we must look at the U.S. Civil War, World War I and World War II. You’ll hear from experts.
Any productive conversations about Gaza post-war must include honest, accurate talk of deradicalization and denazification. You wouldn’t know this from the mainstream media, which regularly ignores the ideologies that that have long controlled Palestinian life there, as proven by numerous surveys.
In this episode, I share sound from a U.S. government video used at the end of World War II. It discusses mistakes at the end of World War I, and what post-war occupations must achieve. The resonance is eerie.
Also, hear from Walter Cronkite, Inside Edition, a horrific Hamas TV show for children, and an extremely rare report in a mainstream news outlet that acknowledged this reality.
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