• Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It's weird af that CNN does not share the fact that the boy and his mother are Palestinian-Americans, but the other news articles do.

    Edit: article was updated to reflect the family's ethnicity. CNN is still weird AF for that.

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      I mean, it mentions that the parents were from the West Bank.

      “Wadea’s mother and father had moved to the United States 12 and nine years ago, respectively, and their son was born here, Rehab added. They were from a village in the West Bank, he said.”

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        I read that article 3 times before I commented. They edited the article around 3am my time. I was asleep.

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          It's all part of the oligarchies MSM apparatus, and their attempts to manufacture consent for Israel's imminent actions in Gaza. The EXACT same thing happened after 9/11. It was painfully obvious then, too. Nothing's changed — the majority of humanity are still asleep on their feet.

          They can't drum up sympathy for Palestinian refugees at home, when at the same time they're trying to neutralize empathy for Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

          Also why most articles highlight how ruthless and inhumane Hamas is for kill children, while continuously ignoring or downplaying Israel killing 10x as many Palestinian children.

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      1 year ago

      You miss this in the article?

      The family is Palestinian and “came to America seeking what we all…