U.S. Media Mourns Iranian Protesters, Ignores Saudi Repression
Al-Monitor, citing Reuters, details 'several reported killed' during unrest in Iran due to 'soaring inflation.' This narrative, highlighting economic grievances and state-led crackdowns, is consistently applied to US adversaries. Yet, when economic hardship and human rights abuses plague allies—like, say, Saudi Arabia, a country that beheaded 81 people in a single day in 2022—the media spotlight
dims. Funny how 'economic woes' only become front-page news when they hit the 'right' targets. One might wonder where this same vigorous concern for human rights and economic justice goes when billions in U.S. military aid flow to regimes with far more brutal internal suppression records. The outrage over protests is always loudest from those who funded the sanctions creating the 'economic woes'
in the first place. This selective empathy isn't journalism; it's a finely tuned diplomatic instrument.