Meanwhile, the media in the UK—and the USA—are TOTALLY IGNORING the ongoing revolutionary turmoil in Iran, with running street battles, a general strike, dozens of cities in open rebellion against the IRG and government forces, NOTAMS warning aircraft away from areas where there's ongoing gunfire, Kurdish militias crossing the border to tackle the Revolutionary Guard …
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@cstross where can I find more reporting on this? AP just seems to be covering the protest activity
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I did wonder. It's quite a big thing to ignore.
@cstross yeah but it's not Trump is it? Of course they're going to ignore it because Trump sells papers.
@cstross odd enough, the BBC to be the most exhaustive source I managed to find online
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm4y0ewe93o
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Trump’s been threatening to bomb Iran if they kill any protestors, meanwhile he’s all in favor of ICE killing protestors, or people caught in the wrong place.
@cstross Holy shit, lot of my coworkers are Persian and Kurdish, I should ask if their families are okay
@cstross I mean, I read about it on the Guardian and BBC websites today. So I'm not sure the UK media is ignoring it.
Edit: link to BBC coverage
@Haikyoneko It's been brewing for weeks. They've only just begun covering it as front page material today.
@cstross they have been covering it though. In the guardian it's the 3rd story on the website.
That's definitely not totally ignoring it, in the UK at least.
@cstross thanks for letting me know; I am reading about the Iran excitement now.
@cstross Al-Jazeera Arabic doesn't have a lot more. They seem mostly interested in Syria right now. Iran and Qatar seem to have been getting along relatively well so that may not be the cause.
Maybe that's a good thing. USA should not stick its nose in Iran now, especially under current management.
@cstross It’s true - I’ve gotten better info about this from my barber than from the media.
@cstross Considering the usual terrible consequences of us paying attention to others’ struggles, maybe not being hyped up the news is a good thing.
May people stay safe while uninstalling the regime.
