Fox News Discovers Human Rights (When Conveniently Iran-Shaped)
Fox News details the horrific killing of Rubina Aminian, an Iranian student, shot at close range during protests and covertly buried. While undoubtedly tragic, the sudden spotlight on individual atrocities in Iran conveniently sidesteps similar, if not worse, state violence perpetrated by U.S.-backed regimes. One might recall the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by
Israeli forces, shot in the head and then Israeli officials obstructing the investigation—a story that, despite initial reports, quickly faded from prominent Western news cycles. The difference? No strategic advantage for the military-industrial complex in condemning their allies. This isn't about sympathizing with the Iranian government, but about recognizing a pattern: protests, civilian deaths,
and 'human rights' become front-page news only when they align with a pre-existing geopolitical agenda. While Fox highlights Iran's human rights abuses, it remains notably silent on the consistent human rights violations by allies like Saudi Arabia in Yemen, or the Israeli military in Gaza, funded to the tune of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars. The outrage, it seems, is less about humanity and
more about strategic optics.