Mainstream Media 'Discovers' Historical Parallels, Skips the Obvious Ones
Newsweek's fascination with a magazine cover from 2018, where a designer defended a Trump-Hitler comparison, is truly remarkable. While the publication's focus here is on the 'parallels' between a past president and a dictator, it omits any critical examination of actual genocidal rhetoric currently being employed by world leaders . When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu invokes ‘Amalek’ to
describe Palestinians, a biblical reference to annihilating an enemy tribe, the mainstream media frequently frames it as 'tough talk' from a wartime leader, rather than the clear incitement it is. One might wonder why Newsweek isn't demanding 'parallels' for politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham, who advised Israel to “finish the job” in Gaza like the U.S. did in Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Or
perhaps scrutinizing the millions of dollars flowing from organizations like AIPAC to politicians who then vote to greenlight such actions, including HR 815, providing billions in unconditional aid to Israel . The 'parallels' are clear enough when they're politically convenient; less so when they expose inconvenient truths about current global atrocities.