Trump has spent years screaming about foreign disinformation and media manipulation—while his own Pentagon secretly operates fake news sites pushing pro-U.S. propaganda about Iran and Gaza to Middle Eastern audiences. Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News pretend to be legitimate outlets but actually serve Pentagon interests, manufacturing consent for military actions through state-sponsored lies. This is the…
Republicans spent years attacking media for fabricating stories and demanding we learn to spot propaganda — then eagerly shared a completely fake AI image because it fit their Iran war narrative. They didn’t question it, didn’t verify it, didn’t care it was synthetic. This wasn’t about truth or media literacy; it was about believing what…