Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“60 Minutes Australia has been playing a leading role in saturating Australian airwaves with consent-manufacturing messaging in support of militarising to participate in a US war against China. A segment they ran a year ago is titled ‘Prepare for Armageddon: China’s warning to the world,’ and features an image of Xi Jinping overlaid with war planes and explosions and captioned ‘POKING THE PANDA.’ Another from a year ago is titled ‘War with China: Are we closer than we think?’ Another from ten months ago: ‘China’s new target in the battle to control the Pacific.’ And from six months ago: ‘Inside the battle for Taiwan and China’s looming war threat.’ Another from two months ago: ‘Is the Navy ready? How the U.S. is preparing amid a naval buildup in China.’ All of these segments have millions of views on YouTube alone.” (05/25/23)