

yup. the news media in particular refused to call anything like that what it was. Israeli attacks in gaza isn’t genocide. the invasion into Lebanon isn’t an invasion. Assassinations aren’t assassinations.
Same goes for trump. they sanewash literally everything he says to make him not seem like a racist, fuck-faced nazis getting cucked by Netanyahu and Puttin- at the same time.
It’s not just the news media, either. Democrats- particularly centrist dems- refuse to call genocide genocide, or even to simply recognize Palestinian-American’s right to protest (and equal protection from counter protesters. ACAB in full force there.)

my fond AOL moment was the look on my grandma’s face when I explained why she couldn’t go to that one website she was told to go to by somebody in her church. the “What do you mean this isn’t the internet! I have EMAIL! I have the WEATHER. And the NEWS”…
(AOL was originally not actually an ISP, they were an online service provider that provided access to their own services/network.)