It must be nice to be a Democrat. You can just speculate wildly about your political opponents, and the corporate media will launder whatever you say into a legitimate news item.
When a few Congressional Democrats pontificated that the September 2, 2025 U.S. “double tap” drug boat strike somehow constituted a “war crime,” the left-wing TV news media eagerly amplified the claim. But almost without exception, journalists were careful not to mention that the original accusation had originated from a handful of Democrats.
Quotes from lawmakers often add useful information to a news report. They can elucidate what the point of contention is on a political issue, or they can help the audience decode along what lines the partisan divide lies for a given topic.
But the partisan identity of the speaker is absolutely vital context. Without it, viewers have no means of distinguishing between claims made by a seasoned expert, and those originating from (for example) a low-level Democratic Congressman’s press office.
And in fact, that’s precisely why that context keeps getting left out of all the reports. The corporate media have laundered a partisan talking point into not just a legitimate detail, but in fact the defining feature of a news item.
Thus, a few Democrats speculating without evidence that the other party committed a “war crime” has morphed into: “Some are calling this a war crime.”
