The Mass Media Are Evil, But They’re Also Really Dumb

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“The New York Times has printed an article with the headline ‘A North American Treaty Organization Without America?,’ apparently having spent the entire Ukraine war completely unaware that NATO stands for North ATLANTIC Treaty Organization. At the same time, CNN ran a segment on an American bomber whose plane was shot down over Iran in which analyst Amy McGrath suggested that the Iranians might help the pilot because they’re ‘happy’ he’s bombing their country, saying the pilot would be worried because they don’t know ‘if you’re gonna be picked by somebody who is going to turn you over to the Iranian forces that are gonna use you and capture you, or is the population happy that you’re there?’ Really illustrates how fucked western journalism is, doesn’t it?” (04/04/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/04/04/the-mass-media-are-evil-but-theyre-also-really-dumb-and-other-notes/