General Discussion

Corporate media is currently largely aiding the Islamic Republic regime, not really intentionally, but because the corporate media is lazy, cowardly, incompetent and ratings starved. So, you'll get the "if it bleeds it leads stuff" from them, the war cost figures (easy to obtain from keyboards and phones). You'll get lots of "people have raised questions about xyz" type stuff. Talking heads talking constantly. Idiot questions from the press corps will be thrown out insisting on the public's "right to know" where the next attacks will be, which weapons will be used, when they will happen, and when it will all stop. Just stupid stuff like that.

Hegseth, and probably everyone else, including Trump, are probably playing the media too. They know the media will play up anything that is said, probably put a negative, outraged, or skeptical tone on it, and blast it out. So, this latest from Hegseth is part of that.

It's really pretty grotesque. It's hard to find decent reporting outside paywalls, imo. Even inside.