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Fox News' dangerous role in Iran -- Sabrina Haake
https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/fox-news-dangerous-role-in-iranA good discussion on how Fox has been embedded into the trump administration and how it is affecting US policy.
On Monday, Trump announced beginning concepts of a plan to discuss an outline of understanding on how to end to the war in Iran. It was Trump's 39th such announcement since he started the war.
Israeli leaders, ostensible partners in Trump's war, are increasingly convinced that Trump's MOU with Iran makes Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal look perfect in comparison, after Trump tore that deal up, calling it "a deal at the highest level of incompetence" and "the worst deal ever negotiated." Obama's 2015 deal featured highly detailed, multi-decade uranium enrichment caps and verification protocols, while the core mechanisms of Trump's MOU remain unseen, unfinalized and deferred for 60-days.Although Trump's MOU may pause the fighting he started, it has not established any permanent, legally binding nuclear dismantlement or the long-term inspection protocols Trump initially demanded, and it includes a plan to hand Iran up to $300 billion in taxpayer money. The biggest achievement will be the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which, of course, is simply a return to the prewar status quo.
Yesterday Fox News, after promoting Trump's attacks on the 2015 Iran deal, said Trump "deserves credit for bringing this conflict to this point."
Fox News manipulated Trump into Iran
Fox may be reluctant to criticize an end to a costly war it encouraged. Fox News and its hawkish hosts played an aggressive role in pushing Trump toward greater military force in Iran -- a troubling dynamic critics call a "doom loop" between the White House and the network, a self-reinforcing feedback cycle where the administration's grievances and policies prioritize media spectacle over conventional governance, which in turn shapes presidential policy and messaging.
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Israeli leaders, ostensible partners in Trump's war, are increasingly convinced that Trump's MOU with Iran makes Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal look perfect in comparison, after Trump tore that deal up, calling it "a deal at the highest level of incompetence" and "the worst deal ever negotiated." Obama's 2015 deal featured highly detailed, multi-decade uranium enrichment caps and verification protocols, while the core mechanisms of Trump's MOU remain unseen, unfinalized and deferred for 60-days.Although Trump's MOU may pause the fighting he started, it has not established any permanent, legally binding nuclear dismantlement or the long-term inspection protocols Trump initially demanded, and it includes a plan to hand Iran up to $300 billion in taxpayer money. The biggest achievement will be the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which, of course, is simply a return to the prewar status quo.
Yesterday Fox News, after promoting Trump's attacks on the 2015 Iran deal, said Trump "deserves credit for bringing this conflict to this point."
Fox News manipulated Trump into Iran
Fox may be reluctant to criticize an end to a costly war it encouraged. Fox News and its hawkish hosts played an aggressive role in pushing Trump toward greater military force in Iran -- a troubling dynamic critics call a "doom loop" between the White House and the network, a self-reinforcing feedback cycle where the administration's grievances and policies prioritize media spectacle over conventional governance, which in turn shapes presidential policy and messaging.
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