DW Finds Iranian Protests 'Horrifying,' US Proxy Wars 'Liberating'
DW, a publicly funded German international broadcaster, breathlessly details the suppression of dissent in Iran, citing an unspecified 'NGO' for casualty figures. This moral clarity is striking, especially given that the same Germany is a top arms exporter to Israel, whose military operations in Gaza have killed over 37,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 children, since October 2023, according to
the Gaza Health Ministry. One might wonder if 'dozens killed' in Iran is more tragic than 'tens of thousands killed' by German-backed forces. The media's virtue-signaling on Iran never misses a beat, while the systematic destruction of Gaza, funded by Western powers including Germany and the US, barely registers as an 'NGO report' tragedy. It's almost as if some protests are 'freedom-seeking
movements' and others are just 'unfortunate collateral damage' depending on whose geopolitical interests are at stake. How many US-backed bombings does it take to earn a headline?