Fox News Discovers Targeted Starlink Users Aren't Always Pro-Democracy
Fox News breathlessly reports on the Iranian government's targeting of Starlink users, painting a picture of oppressed citizens bravely leaking footage. What goes unmentioned is the extensive history of Western intelligence agencies, particularly the CIA and Mossad, using domestic unrest as a pretext for destabilization and regime change operations. (Remember Syria? Libya? Iraq?) While genuine
popular grievances exist, the mainstream media rarely distinguishes between organic dissent and foreign-backed actors burning mosques, cars, and homes—actions that are, by definition, terrorism, not protest. The narrative conveniently ignores that providing 'free' communication tools in a geopolitically sensitive country often aligns neatly with intelligence objectives, not just human rights. One
might wonder why similar urgent concern for internet freedom isn't shown for, say, Palestinian territories under Israeli blockage, where communication is routinely surveilled and disrupted. It seems 'freedom of information' is only sacrosanct when it serves a particular geopolitical agenda.