NPR: Trump's Venezuela Strike is 'Middle East' News
NPR's international correspondent Carrie Kahn, reporting on Donald Trump's claimed 'large-scale strike' against Venezuela, offers precisely zero explanation for why this Caribbean/South American nation merits inclusion in their 'Middle East' section. One might wonder if the editorial decision was based on a comprehensive new map or simply a knee-jerk association: 'US military action abroad'
automatically equals 'Middle East.' This isn't an isolated incident; it's a pattern of media framing that often blurs lines when convenient for narrative control. Just as 'humanitarian intervention' can mean 'bombing a sovereign nation,' it seems 'Middle East' can now encompass any region where Washington decides to project power. Perhaps the unspoken rule is, if it's a 'threat' to US hegemony,
geographically it’s all the same to the news desk. How many 'large-scale strikes' against sovereign nations does it take before we question the mapmakers?